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

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jarvis, Edward, 1975- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2021]
Colección:World Christianity.
Temas:
Anglican Communion > Burma > History.
Communion anglicane > Birmanie > Histoire.
RELIGION > Christianity > Anglicanism.
Anglican Communion.
Burma > Church history.
Burma.
Church history.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Forward / by Archbishop Stephen
  • Than Myint Oo
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • "The only natural soil available" : Burmas and the arrival of Christianity
  • "A devout individual churchman here and there" : the church in colonial Burma
  • "Fellow-subjects of our racious empress" : peoples and missions of the colonial church
  • "Where there ain't no ten commandments" : the church in the early twentieth century
  • "Patient in tribulation but resolute in faith" : the church and the Second World War
  • "This last step in the historic task" : independence and the challenes of postcolonial Burma
  • "A land and people of promise" : intercultural theology in a Southeast Asian context
  • "Carrying the cross" : perspectives on the church in Burma today
  • Afterword
  • Appendix 1 : Chronology of the Anglican Church in Burma
  • Appendix 2 : List of bishops having leadership of the Church of Burma
  • Appendix 3 : List of ethnic groups and subgroups in Burma

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