Synopsis
This book discusses present-day Southeast Asian Christian movements amid huge social and political changes in the region. Michael Poon, editor of the volume and director of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia, notes there is a need "to deepen the understanding and expression of the theological nature of Christian movements in our lands, to encourage their growth, and help ensure that these newer expressions and practices are connected to the central calling of the whole church." Six prominent global and regional historians, missiologists and theologians join hands to evaluate the popular expressions of Southeast Asian Christianity, and to discuss their significance in relation to the emerging scholarship on world Christianity.
ISBN: 978-981-4305-15-0
Size: 211 by 149 mm (closed)
No. of Pages: 184
Year Published: 2010
About the Contributors
Simon Chan is Earnest Lau Professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity Theological College and an ordained minister of the Assemblies of God of Singapore.
Charles Farhadian is associate professor of World Religions and Christian Mission, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California. His books include Christianity, Islam, and Nationalism in Indonesia, Christian Worship Worldwide and The Testimony Project: Papua.
Roger Hedlund was founding director of the Mylapore Institute for Indigenous Studies. He is chief editor of the Dictionary of South Asian Christianity. He delivered the CSCA Annual Lectures in 2009.
Michael Poon is director of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia, Trinity Theological College and honorary canon of Saint Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore.
John Roxborogh is a CSCA Honorary Fellow. He has taught church history in Malaysia, and has a special interest in documentation and archives. He is a retired Presbytarian minister who lives in New Zealand.
Andrew Walls is honorary professor in the University of Edinburgh, professor of the History of Mission in Liverpool Hope University and professor in the Akrofi-Christaller Institute, Ghana.
