The Politics of Reformation : : Benjamin Bailey and the CMS in the Ecclesiastical Development of Travancore / / Gary Mckee.

• Superior document: Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2024
• VerfasserIn: McKee, Gary,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2024.; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2024.; Studies in Christian Mission ; .
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (203 pages)

In this book you will learn of the unheralded CMS missionary Benjamin Bailey. You willl hear the story through unpublished archive material combined with rare accounts from an Indian perspective. You will see how church reformation in India was aided by Western involvement but retained indepence from it. You will learn how the story of colonial politics and church reform are intertwined but never straightforward. For practitioners today there is much food for thought in this account.

Table of Contents

Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- A Note on Transliteration -- 1 The British Backdrop to the Mission of Help -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Evangelical Revival and the Protestant Missionary Movement -- 2.1 The CMS and Its Place within Anglicanism -- 2.2 Christianity Decadent and Primitive -- 3 Missions of Help as an Evangelistic Strategy -- 4 Key Instigators of the CMS Mission of Help -- 5 Introducing Benjamin Bailey of Dewsbury -- 6 Bailey's Missionary Training -- 2 The Indian Backdrop to the Mission of Help -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The 'Mission Field' of the Mission of Help? -- 3 Caste in Travancore -- 4 Caste, Culture and Syrian Christians -- 5 Conclusion: Caste, Culture and the Mission of Help -- 3 Political Beginnings: Col. John Munro's Shaping of the Mission of Help (1816-18) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The History and Politics of Travancore -- 3 The Evangelical Residents: Macaulay and Munro -- 3.1 General Colin Macaulay (1760-1836) -- 3.2 Colonel John Munro (1778-1858) -- 4 Munro's Desire for Missionaries -- 5 Col. John Munro and the Syrian Christian Community -- 6 Munro and the Madras Corresponding Committee -- 7 The Counsel of Munro to Benjamin Bailey -- 7.1 The Goals of the Mission of Help -- 7.2 The Reformation of the Syrian Church -- 8 Munro's Influence on the Mission of Help: an Assessment -- 4 Joseph Fenn's Call for Ecclesiastical and Political Reform -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Ecclesiastical Reform -- 2.1 Ecclesiology -- 2.2 Scripture and Tradition -- 2.3 Soteriology -- 3 Political Reform -- 4 The Syrian Reception of Fenn's Address -- 5 Conclusion -- 5 The Political Undertones of Benjamin Bailey's Call for Conversion (1818-27) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 'Very Little but the Name of Christianity' (1816-17) -- 3 Reform from Within? (1818-21) -- 4 'Far More Encouragements' (1822-25).

5 Death, Disappointment and the Call for Conversion (1825-27) -- 6 Concluding Observations -- 6 Theological, Political and Personal Crosscurrents in the Mission of Help's End (1828-36) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Preparing for Change (1828-29) -- 2.1 The Influence of Other Missionary Personnel -- 2.2 The Death of Mar Philoxenes and Supremacy of Mar Dionysius IV -- 3 Bailey's Furlough and the New Missionaries (1830-34) -- 4 Bailey's Return and the Last Days of the Mission of Help (1834-35) -- 5 The Final Breach (1835-36) -- 6 Conclusion -- 7 Contested Legacies: Benjamin Bailey and the Rise of Anglicanism in Travancore, 1836-50 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Change of Direction Anticipated and Defended -- 3 The Change of Direction: Ecclesiastical Implications -- 4 The Change of Direction: Personal Implications for Benjamin Bailey -- 5 Conclusion -- 8 Contested Legacies: Benjamin Bailey and Indigenous Christianity in Travancore -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Bailey and the CMS as Translators and Educators -- 2.1 Bailey as a Translator -- 2.2 Bailey and the CMS as Teachers -- 3 The Contested Ecclesiastical Legacies of Bailey and the CMS -- 3.1 Abraham Malpān's Call for Reformation -- 3.2 Mathew Mar Athanasios: the Missionaries' Metran? -- 4 Assessing the Legacies of Benjamin Bailey and the Mission of Help -- 5 Conclusion -- 9 Conclusion: Historical, Theological and Missiological Reflections -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Why Did the Mission of Help Fail? -- 2.1 Doctrinal and Ecclesial Differences -- 2.2 Politicisation -- 2.3 Changes in Personnel -- 3 Wider Reflections on the Mission of Help -- 3.1 Mission and Empire -- 3.2 Mission and Ecclesiology -- 3.3 The Scope and Nature of Mission -- 4 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index -- Back Cover.