Mission schools in Batakland (Indonesia), 1861-1940 / / by Jan S. Aritonang ; translated by Robert R. Boehlke.

The expansion of Christianity is often described from the viewpoint of the western missionaries. This book, however, focuses on the large group of indigenous teachers and their pupils at the mission schools in Batakland. These educational activities in fact provided the most important incentive for...

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Superior document:Studies in Christian mission, v. 10
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1994.
Year of Publication:1994
Language:English
Indonesian
Series:Studies in Christian Mission 10.
Physical Description:1 online resource (395 pages) :; illustrations, maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • A SUMMARY OF THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN INDONESIA FROM ABOUT 1800 TO 1940
  • TRADITIONAL BATAK EDUCATION
  • RMG’S VIEW OF EDUCATION
  • THE PIONEERING PERIOD: 1861-1882
  • THE HIGHPOINT OF DEVELOPMENT: 1883-1914
  • “ADVANCE THROUGH STORM”: 1915-1940
  • EPILOGUE: 1940-1980
  • THE IMPACT OF THE BATAKMISSION’S EDUCATIONAL ENDEAVOUR
  • REFLECTIONS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SELECTED SOURCES
  • INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES
  • INDEX OF SUBJECTS
  • STUDIES IN CHRISTIAN MISSION.