- Copyright Page
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Sixteenth-Century Origins
- The Seventeenth Century and the Westminster Assembly
- Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Presbyterianism in North America
- Presbyterianism in the United States and Canada in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
- The Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy
- Presbyterians in Britain and Europe
- Presbyterians in Africa
- Presbyterians in Asia
- Presbyterians in Latin America
- Presbyterianism in the Middle East
- Presbyterian Polity
- Presbyterian Confessions
- The Doctrine of the Sacraments
- Presbyterian Ecumenism
- Women’s Ordination
- Presbyterians, Schisms, and Denominations
- The Doctrine of God
- The Doctrine of Humanity
- The Doctrine of Christ
- The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit
- The Doctrine of the Word of God
- The Doctrine of the Church
- Predestination and Election
- Neo-Orthodoxy and Presbyterianism
- Presbyterians and the Global Charismatic Movements
- Presbyterians, Religious Diversity, and World Religions
- Presbyterians, Philosophy, Natural Theology, and Apologetics
- Theology of Worship
- Hymnody and Liturgy
- Presbyterian Preaching
- Presbyterians and Ethics
- Presbyterians and Church-State Relations
- Presbyterians and Social Reform
- Presbyterians and Higher Education
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
Presbyterians established many churches during the West’s imperialist expansion in various parts of Asia from the seventeenth century to the nineteenth century. Presbyterian missionaries founded churches in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, China, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea. Key missionaries, as well as national workers, participated in establishing and leading those churches. This chapter narrates and highlights significant historical events in this early development country by country, paying special attention to Korea, where Presbyterianism has flourished most in Asia. The chapter discusses the state of Presbyterian churches in those areas in general, their involvement with social, political, educational, and charitable activities, and the problems with which they have dealt. It concludes by analyzing the contextual challenges Presbyterians are facing in twenty-first-century Asia.
Keywords: Asia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Missionary, Taiwan, Thailand
Scott W. Sunquist, President and Professor of Missiology, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts
Peter Lim, Headington Assistant Professor of Global Leadership Development, and Acting Dean of the School Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California
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- Copyright Page
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Sixteenth-Century Origins
- The Seventeenth Century and the Westminster Assembly
- Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Presbyterianism in North America
- Presbyterianism in the United States and Canada in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
- The Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy
- Presbyterians in Britain and Europe
- Presbyterians in Africa
- Presbyterians in Asia
- Presbyterians in Latin America
- Presbyterianism in the Middle East
- Presbyterian Polity
- Presbyterian Confessions
- The Doctrine of the Sacraments
- Presbyterian Ecumenism
- Women’s Ordination
- Presbyterians, Schisms, and Denominations
- The Doctrine of God
- The Doctrine of Humanity
- The Doctrine of Christ
- The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit
- The Doctrine of the Word of God
- The Doctrine of the Church
- Predestination and Election
- Neo-Orthodoxy and Presbyterianism
- Presbyterians and the Global Charismatic Movements
- Presbyterians, Religious Diversity, and World Religions
- Presbyterians, Philosophy, Natural Theology, and Apologetics
- Theology of Worship
- Hymnody and Liturgy
- Presbyterian Preaching
- Presbyterians and Ethics
- Presbyterians and Church-State Relations
- Presbyterians and Social Reform
- Presbyterians and Higher Education
- Index
