Christian Circulations: Global Christianity and the Local Church in Penang and Singapore, 1819-2000

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In postcolonial Singapore and Malaysia, Pentecostal megachurches dominate the Christian landscape, but the "big four" Protestant churches—Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Brethren—remain religions of heritage for many. Sixty Malaysian and nineteen Singaporean assemblies identify themselves as Christian Brethren, and most trace their roots to independent local churches formed in Penang and Singapore in the 1860s. After World War II, the Brethren promoted new forms of evangelical practice, and former Brethren elders founded independent churches, from charismatic local churches to Pentecostal megachurches. This study is a transregional history of the Brethren movement and its emplacement in Singapore and Malaysia, and it is also a history of discontinuous continuities that have shaped the modern field of religious practice in China and Southeast Asia.   00 CC Prelims Ch 00 Introduction Ch 01 Brethren Ch 02 Muller and Groves Ch 03 LMS Mission Ch 04 CES Penang Ch 05 China Ch 06 Crisis in the Penang Mission Ch 07 Chinese Evangelists Ch 08 Grant in Singapore Ch 09 Open Doors Ch 10 Boxers Ch 11 Chinese Revivals Ch 12 Postwar Period Ch 13 Local Church Ch 14 Charismatic Schisms Ch 15 Full Gospel schisms Ch 16 Conclusion Ch 17 Chinese Glossary Ch 18 Archival Sources Ch 19 Bibliography Index