Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Kimberly D. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Historically Black ◽  
African Diaspora ◽  
Black Education ◽  
Church History ◽  
Source Material ◽  
Southern History ◽  
Protestant Church ◽  
Mission Work ◽  
Protestant Denominations

The introduction explains how analysis of the mission work performed by Althea Brown and Alonzo Edmiston contributes to studies of historically black education, American Protestant church history, southern history, colonialism, and the African diaspora. It states how the activities of these two ministers added nuance to two major controversies in their lifetimes: the development of race-specific pedagogy and the expansion of segregation among many American Protestant denominations. The source material used to analyze the Edmistons and the American Presbyterian Congo Mission is introduced in comparison with scholarly perspectives on how African villagers and students also shaped mission policies.

A “Double Alienation”

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 262-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Wong ◽  
Ik Tien Ngu
Keyword(s):  
Church History ◽  
Christian Identity ◽  
Protestant Church ◽  
Chinese Christians ◽  
Church Congregations ◽  
Global Christianity ◽  
History Of ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Vernacular Chinese ◽  
Point Of Departure

Scholarship on Christianity in Malaysia has been dominated by denominational church history, as well as the study of urban, middle-class and English-speaking church congregations in the post-Independence period. In focusing on the vernacular Chinese Protestant church in Malaysia, and one of its most prominent para-church organisations, called The Bridge, this paper draws attention to the variegated histories of Christian conversion and dissemination in Malaysia, and the various modes and meanings of Christian identity as incorporated into different local communities and cultures. The history of the Chinese Protestant church suggested in the first part of the paper takes as its point of departure the distinction between mission and migrant churches, the latter being the origin of the vernacular Chinese churches in Malaysia. The second part of the paper traces the emergence of a Chinese para-church lay organisation called The Bridge, and the Chinese Christian intellectuals behind it, in their mission to engage the larger Chinese and national public through literary publications and other media outreach activities. In so doing, these Chinese Christian intellectuals also drew on the resources of an East Asian and overseas Chinese Christian network, while searching for their destiny as Chinese Christians in the national context of Malaysia. By pointing to the importance of regional, Chinese-language Christian networks, and the complexity of vernacular Christian subjectivity, the paper hopes to fill a gap in the existing literature on Christianity in Malaysia, as well as make a contribution to on-going debates on issues of localisation, globalisation and authenticity in global Christianity.

The Prussian State and the Catholic Church in Prussian Poland 1871-1914

Slavic Review ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 618-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lech Trzeciakowski
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Church History ◽  
Source Material ◽  
Important Influence ◽  
German Empire ◽  
Monographic Study ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Catholic Church

Despite the fact that the relationship between the Prussian state and the Catholic Church had an important influence on the course of events in the eastern provinces of the German Empire, no monographic study has been devoted to the subject. Works dealing with church history, the nationality question, or the Kulturkampf have given a certain amount of attention to the problem, but without elaboration of the issues involved and as a rule with limited reliance on primary source material. This article may well be the first attempt to grapple with the problem during the period 1871 to 1914. In addition to the standard published works on the subject, numerous archival sources have been consulted, especially those of the Prussian state and the German Empire.

scholarly journals Introduction

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pushpa Naidu Parekh
Keyword(s):  
Historically Black ◽  
African Diaspora ◽  
The United States ◽  
Black College ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Historically Black College ◽  
Spelman College ◽  
Present Writing ◽  
Global Events ◽  
Pedagogical Frameworks

I am honored to represent the intellectual contributions of Spelman College’s faculty in this special issue. This publication is the first formal collection of scholarly and pedagogical articles on African Diaspora and the World (ADW) courses at Spelman College. We recently celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of our ADW Program, so the issue marks both a trajectory in a specific historically Black college as well as the intentional move towards internationalizing the educational enterprise in the United States. The contributors are faculty and program directors (past and present), writing on teaching and scholarship in ADW. I believe this issue is a timely intervention, especially when we read headlines like: “Americans Need to Learn More about World Outside America” (Gibbons) and “Why Many Americans Are Simply Clueless About Global Events” (Nelson). Eschewing neoliberal trends, the ADW story is a deliberative journey that dismantles false narratives of frontiers by embracing critical and analytical pedagogical frameworks and scholarship.

scholarly journals Sejarah, Bentuk dan Makna Arsitektur Gereja GPIB Bethel Bandung

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 347
Author(s):  
Masmedia Pinem
Keyword(s):  
Basic Needs ◽  
Church History ◽  
Art Deco ◽  
Protestant Church ◽  
Church Structure ◽  
Developed World ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Church ◽  
World Development

This article attempts to describe the history, together with the characteristic architecture of GPIB Bethel. GPIB is the abbreviation of the ‘Protestant Church in Western Indonesia’. Built in Bandung, in 1948, it is located in Jalan Wastukencana 1, in the Village of Babakan Ciamis, Sub District of Sumur Bandung, City of Bandung. This type of church structure was designed by Schoemaker, a Dutch architect, who combined and syintisized between basic needs, concepts, and values of each genre that came from developed world archictecture in that time. The model was already well-known as an “essential expression” of European Chris-tianity. Exsisted Elements of church was adapted from world development architecture in that era. The elements of mass and figure have been des-cribed as spiritual manifestations of Christianity. There is perhaps an element of art deco its architectural decoration. The church of Bethel is now a building categorized as ‘A’, meaning that it is to be conserved in its models and functions, prohibited by law from any changes to its functions - it is now a legally protected part of the Indonesian legacy. Keywords: Church, History, Type, Architecture, Bandung. Artikel ini ingin menggambarkan sejarah, bentuk, dan arsitektur Gereja GPIB Bethel. GPIB adalah singkatan dari Gereja Protestan di Indonesia bagian Barat, berdiri sejak tahun 1948 dan terletak di Jalan Wastukencana No. 1, Kelurahan Babakan Ciamis, Kecamatan Sumur Bandung, Kotamadya Bandung. Model arsitektur yang didesain oleh Schoemaker seorang arsitek Belanda yang merupakan sintesis dari kebutuhan, konsep, dan nilai-nilai yang dimiliki oleh masing-masing aliran-aliran dalam perkembangan arsitektur dunia sebagai produk arsitektur pada zamannya yang merupakan “essential expression” bagi kekristenan di Eropa. Elemen-elemen yang ada merupakan adaptasi dari pengaruh zaman yang berkembang saat itu. Elemen pada tatanan massa dan ruang serta elemen pelingkup ruang yang dijumpai memiliki makna kerohanian sebagai perwujudan nilai-nilai Kristianitas. Begitu juga elemen-elemen dekoratifnya merupakan suatu produk zaman yang dipengaruhi oleh arsitektur art deco yang sangat berkembang pada zaman itu. Gereja ini adalah termasuk salah satu tipe bangunan yang berkualitas ‘A’ dan telah dikonservasi tanpa perubahan bentuk dan fungsi yang signifikan, sehingga ia termasuk dalam kategori bangunan Cagar Budaya yang dilindungi oleh Undang-Undang. Kata Kunci: Gereja, Sejarang, Bentuk, Arsitektur, Bandung.

Pietist And Puritan Sources of Early Protestant World Missions (Cotton Mather and A. H. Francke)

1951 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernst Benz
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Church History ◽  
Christian Missions ◽  
European Continent ◽  
Protestant Church ◽  
Cotton Mather ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Protestant Missions ◽  
World Missions

It is one of the peculiarities of the writing of Protestant church history that the history of Christian missions since the Reformation plays a very unimportant part within the general historical scene. The religious and theological conflicts on the European continent and the beginnings of churches in North America have claimed all the interest of the historians so that the history of missions has appeared to be a kind of subordinate subject. The reason for this underemphasizing of the history of Protestant missions is first of all the fact that there existed, as a kind of insuperable prejudice, the opinion that the Reformers—Luther, Melanchthon, Calvin, and Zwingli—were not interested at all in Christian missions. Only the latest turn of clesiastical historiography has included Christian missions again in general church history and put them in the place which they deserve.

Rüfner, Thomas, Recht und Religion in der europäischen Rechtstradition I: Sedes iustitiae und zweiter Dom im Rheinland. Die Konstantin-Basilika als Kristallisationspunkt von Recht und Religion in Trier

2019 ◽  
Vol 105 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-158
Author(s):  
Thomas Rüfner
Keyword(s):  
Church History ◽  
European History ◽  
Protestant Church ◽  
Christian Religion

Abstract Seat of Justice and Second Cathedral of the Rhineland. The Basilica of Constantine as a point of encounter of law and religion in Trier. The Aula Palatina in Trier was part of the residence of the Roman Emperors and as such a place of legislation and jurisdiction. Notably, the trial of Priscillian of Avila, often labelled the first heresy trial in church history, was likely conducted in the Aula Palatina. Centuries later, the Roman building was converted into Trier's first protestant church. Caspar Olevianus, the Trier-born jurist and Calvinist reformer, is remembered nearby. The so-called Basilica of Constantine provides thus a peculiarly apt venue for exploring the mutual influences and entanglements of law and Christian religion in European history.

The Relationship Between Established Protestant Church and Free Church: Hermann Gundert and Britain

1990 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 135-151
Author(s):  
Martin Brecht
Keyword(s):  
Church History ◽  
The Other ◽  
British History ◽  
Free Church ◽  
Protestant Church ◽  
German Research ◽  
Revival Movement ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Church Historians

The present-day exchange of British and German research into church history can hardly be described as flourishing. Very seldom are historical topics from the other country ever investigated. This even applies to those areas where the paths of German and British church history have met. One notable exception is Professor Reginald Ward, who has not only striven to establish contacts with German church historians, but has also himself published a number of works on German church history. It is therefore only fitting to express appreciation of such amicable relations through the years by a study of German-British history. The scope for such a study embraces the fields of Pietism, Methodism, and the revival movement.

The Growth of Denominational Bureaucracies: A Neglected Aspect of American Church History

1984 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Conrad Wright
Keyword(s):  
Social Issues ◽  
Church History ◽  
Doctrine Of God ◽  
Professional Careers ◽  
Lay Members ◽  
Historical Investigation ◽  
Doctrine Of The Church ◽  
Protestant Denominations ◽  
The Church

I invite your attention this morning to a problem in Church History that has thus far been most inadequately addressed by scholars. It is the development of ecclesiastical bureaucracies by Protestant denominations in this country. These bureaucracies are major realities of institutional religion in our day, which our M.Div. students will be dealing with all through their professional careers. Yet as a field for historical investigation, this is an almost entirely neglected subject. Our students may argue at length over theological issues like the doctrine of God; or will study with surprising enthusiasm the christological controversies of the ancient church; or will debate the role of the church in current social issues. In courses in Applied Theology they will talk at length about the local church as community, and the role of the minister as he or she interacts with lay members in the pews. But extraparochial structures are seldom looked at with any care. Their behavior may be criticized when ministerial settlement does not proceed rapidly enough, but the rationale for their existence is not examined. To state it in theological terms, theological analysis has paid little attention to a doctrine of the church that seems to have anything much to say about these institutions, how they came into being and why they have taken the shape and form that they have.

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