The Anglican Church in Burma : From Colonial Past to Global Future /
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...
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Idioma: | Inglés |
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University Park, Pennsylvania :
Pennsylvania State University Press,
[2021]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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
- 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