TY - GEN AU - Oosthuizen,G.C. TI - Theological battleground in Asia and Africa: the issues facing the churches and the efforts to overcome Western divisions SN - 391002309 (USA) AV - BT 30 .A8 O9 1972 PY - 1972/// CY - New York, NY PB - Humanities Press KW - THEOLOGY, DOCTRINAL KW - ASIA KW - HISTORY KW - AFRICA KW - CHRISTIAN UNION N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I -- Chapters I Indian views on the relation of Christianity and the non-Christian religions -- 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 China and Japan -- (i) China -- (ii) Japan -- IV. Indigenisation, 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) Indonesia -- (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 discussions 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 of Uganda -- (ii) The Anglican church of Uganda -- (iii) Kenya-Tanzania -- (vi) 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) Zaire (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 -- III. Bibliography of confessional documents -- Abbreviations -- Index ER -