Research Catalog

Title

Theological battleground in Asia and Africa : the issues facing the churches and the efforts to overcome Western divisions / by G.C. Oosthuizen ; foreword by Gerald H. Anderson.

Author

Oosthuizen, G. C. (Gerhardus Cornelis)

Publication

London : C. Hurst, ©1972.

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Details

Description

vi, 444 pages; 25 cm

Subject

• Theology, Doctrinal > Asia > History
• Theology, Doctrinal > Africa > History
• Christian union > History
• Christian union
• Theology, Doctrinal
• Theologie
• Oecumene
• Acculturatie
• Africa
• Asia
• Afrika
• Asien

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• First published in 1958 under title: Theological discussions and confessional developments in the churches of Asia and Africa.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 430-436.

Contents

Foreword -- Author's Note -- Introduction: The Selfhood of the Church -- Part I -- Chapters -- I. Indian views on the relation of Christianity and the non-Christian religions-Ceylon -- II. United churches and union schemes in India, Pakistan and Ceylon with special reference to the statements of faith -- i. The church of South India -- ii. The church union of North India and Pakistan -- Appendix: inauguration of the church of North India -- iii. Lutherans, Baptists, and the church of South India -- iv. The Mar Thoma Church -- v. The scheme for church union in Ceylon -- vi. North East India -- Conclusions -- III. Theological thought in Chin and Japan -- i. China -- ii. Japan -- IV. Indigenizations, with special reference to creeds and confessions, in the Asian churches -- Introduction -- Confession forming in Asia -- i. The Dajak Church -- ii. The Moluccan Church -- iii. The Church of Minahasa -- iv. The Church of Timor -- v. Indonesian -- vi. The Batak Church -- vii. Malaysia -- viii. Burma -- ix. Oceania -- x. The Evangelical Church of New Guinea -- xi. The United Church in Papua, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands -- xii. The church in Korea -- xiii. The Methodist Church in Korea -- xiv. Taiwan -- xv. The Lutheran Church of China -- xvi. The Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church -- V. Confessional Discussion in Five Asian Churches -- i. The Church of Christ in China -- ii. The Church of Christ in Thailand -- iii. The United Church in the Philippines -- iv. The Philippine Independent Church -- v. Protestantism and Separatism in the Philippines -- vi. The United Church of Christ in Japan (Kyodan) -- Part II -- VI. The Church Among Traditional African Forces -- VII. Unification Schemes in Africa -- i. The Anglican Church in Uganda -- ii. The Presbyterian Church of East Africa (Kenya) -- iii. Kenya-Tanzania -- iv. The Church of Central Africa (Presbyterian) -- v. Malawi -- vi. The Bantu Presbyterian Church of South Africa -- vii. South Africa -- viii. The Church of Lesotho -- ix. The Basel Mission in Ghana and the Cameroons -- x. the United Church of South East Nigeria/Nigeria -- xi. Ghana -- xii. The United Church of Zambia -- xiii. Zaïre (Congo) -- xiv. Rhodesia -- xv. Sierra Leone -- xvi. Madagascar -- VIII. The Result of the Investigation and the Future -- Appendices -- I. General Trends and New Aspects in Mergers and Negotiations -- II. Schedule for a Comparative Analysis of Confessions of Faith, Statements of Faith and Agreed Statements of Belief.

ISBN

• 0391002309
• 9780391002302
• 0878085017
• 9780878085019
• 0900966599
• 9780900966590

LCCN

73156620

OCLC

• ocm00632951
• 632951
• SCSB-828972

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library