The Anglican Church in Burma : from colonial past to global future / Edward Jarvis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jarvis, Edward, 1975- author.

Series:

World Christianity

World Christianity ; v.4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anglican Communion--Burma--History.

Anglican Communion.

Burma--Church history.

Burma.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 pages)

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Sometimes presumed to be a mere relic of British colonialism, the Anglican Church in Burma (Myanmar) has its own complex identity, intricately interwoven with beliefs and traditions that predate the arrival of Christianity. In this essential volume, Edward Jarvis succinctly reconstructs this history and demonstrates how Burma's unique voice adds vital context to the study of Anglicanism's predicament and the future of worldwide Christianity.Over the past two hundred years, the Anglican Church in Burma has seen empires rise and fall. Anglican Christians survived the brutal Japanese occupation, experienced rampant poverty and environmental disaster, and began a tortuous and frustrating quest for peace and freedom under a lawless dictatorship. Using a range of sources, including archival documents and the firsthand accounts of Anglicans from a variety of backgrounds, Jarvis tells the story of the church's life beyond empire, exploring how Christians of non-Western heritage remade the church after a significant part of its liturgical documents and literature was destroyed in World War Two and how, more recently, the church has gained attention for its alignment with influential conservative and orthodox movements within Anglicanism.Comprehensive and concise, this fascinating history will appeal to scholars and students of religious studies, World Christianity, church history, and the history of missions and theology as well as to clergy, seminarians, and those interested in the current crises and future direction of Anglicanism.

Contents:

Chapter 5: "Patient in Tribulation but Resolute in Faith" The Church and the Second World War

Notes to Chapter 5

Chapter 6: "This Last Step in the Historic Task" Independence and the Challenges of Postcolonial Burma

Notes to Chapter 6

Chapter 7: "A Land and People of Promise" Intercultural Theology in a Southeast Asian Context

Notes to Chapter 7

Chapter 8: "Carrying the Cross" Perspectives on the Church in Burma Today

Notes to Chapter 8

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Intro

COVER Front

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Notes to Introduction

Chapter 1: "The Only Natural Soil Available" Burma and the Arrival of Christianity

Notes to Chapter 1

Chapter 2: "A Devout Individual Churchman Here and There" The Church in Colonial Burma

Notes to Chapter 2

Chapter 3: "Fellow-Subjects of Our Gracious Empress" Peoples and Missions of the Colonial Church

Notes to Chapter 3

Chapter 4: "Where There Ain't No Ten Commandments" The Church in the Early Twentieth Century

Notes to Chapter 4

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-210) and index.

ISBN:

0-271-09168-1

OCLC:

1269074137