A history of Christianity in Indonesia.

9789004170261

A history of Christianity in Indonesia.

Ed. by Jan Sihar Aritonang and Karel Steenbrink.

BRILL

2008

1004 pages

$267.00

Hardcover

Studies in Christian mission; v.35

BR1220

Aritonang (Theological College of Jakarta, Indonesia) and Steenbrink (intercultural theology, Utrecht U., the Netherlands) present 21 chapters intended to collectively provide an encyclopedic survey of the history of Christianity in Indonesia from the precolonial period through 2005. The volume has been put together with the intention of highlighting the diversity of the Indonesian Christian experience, both in terms of regional differences and in terms of the three major streams of Christianity: the classical Reformed and Lutheran traditions, the newer Evangelical and Pentecostal Churches, and the Catholic Church. Institutional developments take center stage, but spiritual, moral, and theological issues also receive treatment. The bulk of the volume is comprised of regional studies, but essays are also included on such topics as the theological thinking of Indonesian Christianity as a whole, the National Council of Churches, Chinese Christian communities in Indonesia, Christian art in Indonesia, and Christian media in Indonesia.

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