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The Anglican Church in Burma : From Colonial Past to Global Future / Edward Jarvis.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: World Christianity ; 4Publisher: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (226 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780271091686
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  • 264/.03009591 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword by Archbishop Stephen Than Myint Oo -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 “The Only Natural Soil Available” -- Chapter 2 “A Devout Individual Churchman Here and There” -- Chapter 3 “Fellow-Subjects of Our Gracious Empress” -- Chapter 4 “Where There Ain’t No Ten Commandments” -- Chapter 5 “Patient in Tribulation but Resolute in Faith” -- Chapter 6 “This Last Step in the Historic Task” -- Chapter 7 “A Land and People of Promise” -- Chapter 8 “Carrying the Cross” -- Afterword -- Appendix 1: Chronology of the Anglican Church in Burma -- Appendix 2: List of Bishops Having Leadership of the Church in Burma -- Appendix 3: List of Ethnic Groups and Subgroups in Burma -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword by Archbishop Stephen Than Myint Oo -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 “The Only Natural Soil Available” -- Chapter 2 “A Devout Individual Churchman Here and There” -- Chapter 3 “Fellow-Subjects of Our Gracious Empress” -- Chapter 4 “Where There Ain’t No Ten Commandments” -- Chapter 5 “Patient in Tribulation but Resolute in Faith” -- Chapter 6 “This Last Step in the Historic Task” -- Chapter 7 “A Land and People of Promise” -- Chapter 8 “Carrying the Cross” -- Afterword -- Appendix 1: Chronology of the Anglican Church in Burma -- Appendix 2: List of Bishops Having Leadership of the Church in Burma -- Appendix 3: List of Ethnic Groups and Subgroups in Burma -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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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 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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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