A history of Christianity in Indonesia / / edited by Jan Sihar Aritonang and Karel Steenbrink.

• Superior document: Studies in Christian mission, v. 35
• TeilnehmendeR: Aritonang, Jan S.; Steenbrink, Karel A.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Christian mission ; v. 35.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1020 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Indonesia is the home of the largest single Muslim community of the world. Its Christian community, about 10% of the population, has until now received no overall description in English. Through cooperation of 26 Indonesian and European scholars, Protestants and Catholics, a broad and balanced pictu...

Table of Contents

• Pt. 1. The first Christians : until 1800. Christianity in pre-colonial Indonesia
• 1530-1670 : a race between Islam and Christianity?
• Catholic converts in the Moluccas, Minahasa and Sangihe-Talaud, 1512-1680
• The Solor-Timor mission of the Dominicans 1562-1800
• The arrival of Protestantism and the consolidation of Christiantiy in the Moluccas 1605-1800
• Pt. 2. 1800-2005 : chronological and regional surveys. 1800-2005 : a national overview
• Old and new Christianity in the southeastern islands
• Christianity in Papua
• Moluccan Christianity in the 19th and 20th century between Agama Ambon and Islam
• How Christianity obtained a central position in Minahasa culture and society
• Christianity in central and southern Sulawesi
• Kalimantan or Indonesian Borneo
• The sharp contrasts of Sumatra
• Christianity in Javanese culture and society
• A small Christian flock in Bali
• Pt. 3. Issues of national concern. Theological thinking by Indonesian Christians, 1850-2000
• The ecumenical movement in Indonesia with special attention to the National Council of Churches
• The spectacular growth of the third stream : the Evangelicals and Pentecostals
• Chinese Christian communities in Indonesia
• Christian art in Indonesia
• Christian media.