Constructing Mission History
Constructing Mission History

Author: Stanley H. Skreslet

Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers

Published: 2023-01-17

Total Pages: 477

ISBN-13: 1506481892

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Challenging other narratives of mission history, Skreslet offers a new speech-act theory approach to the modern roots of World Christianity that differentiates between what a missionary might intend to communicate and the effects of what has been said or actions taken both in the moment and over time.

A Social History of Christianity
A Social History of Christianity

Author: John C.B. Webster

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2018-12-22

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 0199097577

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The Christian community in India emerged from an Indian rather than a foreign or an imperial context. Its internal dynamics were shaped far more by Indian social realities than by missionary designs. This book presents a comprehensive social history of Christianity in north-west India, comprising Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, the Union Territories of Delhi and Chandigarh, and the Pakistani Punjab and North-West Frontier Province. The book discusses significant events in the history of the north-west up to 1947, after which it focuses only on India. These events left a lasting impact on Christianity and shaped its future course, culminating in the transfer of churches’ power from foreign missionaries to Indians and proliferation of churches, and the ongoing struggles of the Christian community. The author pays special attention to the Christian community’s caste composition—how caste status and social mobility affected intra- and inter-community relations—religious diversity, uneven demographic distribution, and development, as well as Christianity as a religious movement in the region.

Christianity in Modern China
Christianity in Modern China

Author: David Cheung

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 9789004131439

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This monograph studies a significant episode in Chinese Christianity. Focusing on the origins of Protestantism in South Fujian, it investigates the evolution of the churches which pioneered in indigenization and ecclesiastical union in China during the 19th century.

Author: Susan Billington Harper

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published:

Total Pages: 501

ISBN-13: 0802846432

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This book presents the only critical study of the public life and legacy of V. S. Azariah (1874-1945), the first Indian bishop of an Anglican diocese and the most successful leader of rural conversion movements to Christianity in modern India. Harper carefully explores Bishop Azariah's work, including his attempts to redress racism and improve social conditions in India, and documents -- for the first time anywhere -- the previously unknown controversy between Bishop Azariah and the great Mahatma Gandhi.