Sadrach's Community and Its Contextual Roots : : A Nineteenth-Century Javanese Expression of Christianity /

Sadrach's Community and Its Contextual Roots : : A Nineteenth-Century Javanese Expression of Christianity / / Sutarman Soediman Partonadi.

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Superior document:Currents of Encounter Series ; v.3
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Partonadi, Sutarman Soediman,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands : : BRILL Academic Publishers,, 2024.
Year of Publication:2024
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Currents of Encounter Series
Physical Description:1 online resource (317)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • A. Subject of study
  • 1. Sadrach's community
  • 2. The uniqueness of Sadrach's community
  • 3. Sadrach's community as a case study of contextualization
  • B. Area and purpose of study
  • 1. Area of study
  • 2. Purpose of study
  • C. Composition of the Book
  • D. Sources and literature
  • Chapter I: Central Java in the nineteenth century
  • A. Javanese life in the nineteenth century
  • 1. Javanese socio-cultural life and the Dutch colonial government's policy
  • 2. Javanese socio-religious life
  • B. Christian missions in the nineteenth century
  • 1. Christianization of the indigenous people by the "official church"
  • 2. Christianization of the indigenous people by missionary organizations
  • 3. Christianization of indigenous people by lay evangelists
  • 4. Obstacles to evangelization
  • Chapter II: Sadrach and his community
  • A. Sadrach's life from early youth to independent Javanese evangelist
  • 1. Sadrach's early youth
  • 2. Sadrach's education: Koran school and pesantren
  • 3. Sadrach's conversion
  • 4. Sadrach's work as a distributor of Christian literature
  • 5. Sadrach's work with Tunggul Wulung
  • 6. Sadrach's work with Stevens-Philips
  • B. Developing an independent Javanese Christian community
  • 1. Background of the Residency of Bagelen and Karangjasa in the nineteenth century
  • 2. The initial steps to the Vaccination Affair
  • 3. Enjoying cooperation with J. Wilhelm of the NGZV (1883-1892)
  • 4. The relationship with the NGZV broken (1893)
  • 5. Seeking a new partner and becoming the apostle of Java (1894-1924)
  • 6. Sadrach's community during the first decade after Sadrach's death (1924-1933)
  • Chapter III: Features of Sadrach's community
  • A. Organization, leadership, and membership.
  • 1. Organization
  • 2. Leadership
  • 3. Membership
  • B. Worship, preaching, and ritual
  • 1. Worship
  • 2. Sadrach's preaching: the triumphant Christ and Christian obedience
  • 3. Rituals
  • C. Spiritual life and the spirit of independence
  • 1. The spiritual life of Sadrach's community
  • 2. The spirit of independence (keberdikarian)
  • Chapter IV: Issues raised against Sadrach and his community
  • A. The mission theology of the Reformed Mission and its implementation
  • B. Accusations against Sadrach and his community and the resulting theological-missiological issues
  • 1. Accusations as recorded in various sources
  • 2. Elucidation of the accusations against Sadrach
  • C. The theological and missiological issues arising from the accusations
  • 1. The objection to Sadrach's great and "unlimited" authority
  • 2. The objection to the Javanized character of Sadrach's teachings
  • Chapter V: The significance of Sadrach's contribution to the contextualizing efforts of the church - A summation
  • A. The independent leadership of Sadrach
  • B. Sadrach's community, rooted in the context
  • 1. Sadrach's community and the rural environment
  • 2. Sadrach's community and the Moslem environment
  • 3. Sadrach's community and the age of feudalism-colonialism
  • C. Contextualization and deficient implementation of Reformed mission strategy
  • D. A reconstruction of Sadrach's Christology and soteriology
  • E. A genuine community of Christ - Javanese culture "op een stoel" (on a chair)
  • F. Sadrach's warning to the churches: the serious danger of uprootedness and alienation
  • Samenvatting
  • Ringkasan isi desertasi
  • Appendices
  • Appendix I: Synopsis of Reformed churches and Reformed mission organisations
  • Appendix II: Wilhelm's Letter of Call from Sadrach's Community
  • Appendix III: Statistical tables.
  • Appendix IV: Letter of recognition of Sadrach's apostleship: "legitimatie en erkenningsbewijs"
  • Appendix V: Liturgical use of creeds, Ten Commandments and prayers in Sadrach's Community
  • Appendix VI: Map of NGZV mission field in Central Java
  • Appendix VII: Map showing locations of Sadrach communities
  • Glossary of foreign terms
  • Sources consulted
  • Index of subjects
  • Index of authors and names.

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