Notions of Freedom in the Rise of a Sumbanese Christianity (1902–2002)

The Dutch neo-Calvinist mission (Zending) on Sumba in Indonesia, an area known for its Marapu ancestor religion, started in 1902. The independent Sumbanese church (Gereja Kristen Sumba, GKS) was established at the 1947 Synod. One century later, by 2002, two out of three inhabitants were Christian. T...

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Main Author: Smilde, Anne Magda (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: Exchange
Year: 2023, Volume: 52, Issue: 3, Pages: 173-203
RelBib Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
FD Contextual theology
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBD Benelux countries
KBM Asia
RJ Mission; missiology
Further subjects:B Antithesis
B Ancestor-religion
B Sumbanese Christianity
B neo-Calvinist mission
B indigenous agency
B freedom of conscience
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