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Author Jarvis, Edward, 1975-

Title The Anglican Church in Malaysia : evolving concepts, challenging contexts, emerging subtexts / Edward Jarvis
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. "To carry the Church with us wherever we go" : The Arrival of Church and Empire in Southeast Asia and Malaysia -- 3. "In the lands of Heathenism" : Conquests and Contradictions in Colonial Malaysian Mission -- 4. "Give me eight more young and devoted priests" : Setbacks and Successes in the Early Twentieth Century -- 5. "Rejoicing in tribulation, full of hope" : The Church and the Second World War -- 6. "A fertile field for evangelism" : The Postwar Church, the Malayan Emergency, and Missionary Evolution -- 7. "The Christian voice in a Muslim majority context" : The Challenges and Dilemmas of Todays Church in Malaysia -- 8. "From the shores of the Peninsula or from the deck of the ship" :Theological and Missiological Perspectives and Viewpoints -- 9. Afterword
Summary This book examines the Anglican Church in Malaysia from multiple angles, unpacking its history from British colonialism to todays Muslim-majority Asian nation. Analyzing tense Christian-Muslim dialogue and volatile intercommunity relations, themes of ethnicity, identity, gender, and multiculturalism intersect in contexts of war, insurgency, and national independence. The Churchs two centuries of history unfold chronologically, but this study goes far beyond mere description of events; it is a critical, multidisciplinary, multilayered discussion that integrates contemporary, archival, and scholarly perspectives. It focuses on high-pressure interfaces between colonialists, clergy, sultans, indigenous, and immigrant groups. The roles of education and healthcareas evangelism, or perhaps incentivizationare investigated, within evolving models of mission, conversion, and the broader context of Anglicanism in crisis. These diverse threads intertwine to produce a concise but comprehensive three-dimensional portrait of the Anglican Church in Malaysia
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Church of England -- Malaysia
SUBJECT Church of England fast
Subject Anglican Communion -- Malaysia -- History
Anglican Communion
SUBJECT Malaysia -- Church history
Subject Malaysia
Genre/Form Church history
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783031115974
303111597X