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The Muria Story: A History of the Chinese Mennonite Churches of Indonesia

The Muria Story: A History of the Chinese Mennonite Churches of Indonesia Book Reviews / Church History and Religious Culture 88 (2008) 65-108 105 L awrence M. Y oder , Th e Muria Story: A History of the Chinese Mennonite Churches of Indonesia . Appendices, bibliography, and maps. Pandora Press, Kitchener, ON 2006, 386 pp. ISBN 1894710606. CDN$ 38; US$ 34. Th is book tells the story of the Muria Chinese Mennonite Churches, today called the Muria Church (Khu Hwee Muria; GKMI, Gereja Kristen Muria Indonesia ), the first non-western Mennonite church to be formally established. Th e centre of early church life was the city of Kudus in the northern part of central Java. Th e book is not a scientific study but a non-critical and apolitical introduction to the subject by a former missionary of the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) who, in the seventies, worked for the Muria Church in Indonesia. It is primarily writ- ten for Yoder’s co-religionists in the US as well as in Indonesia and elsewhere. Th is emerges, for example, from the introduction of “the Lord” as an actor in the history of the church and, by implication, in the history of society as a whole (p. 8). Th e study describes in detail http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Church History and Religious Culture (formerly Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis) Brill

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© 2008 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1871-241X
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1871-2428
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10.1163/187124108X316620
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Book Reviews / Church History and Religious Culture 88 (2008) 65-108 105 L awrence M. Y oder , Th e Muria Story: A History of the Chinese Mennonite Churches of Indonesia . Appendices, bibliography, and maps. Pandora Press, Kitchener, ON 2006, 386 pp. ISBN 1894710606. CDN$ 38; US$ 34. Th is book tells the story of the Muria Chinese Mennonite Churches, today called the Muria Church (Khu Hwee Muria; GKMI, Gereja Kristen Muria Indonesia ), the first non-western Mennonite church to be formally established. Th e centre of early church life was the city of Kudus in the northern part of central Java. Th e book is not a scientific study but a non-critical and apolitical introduction to the subject by a former missionary of the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) who, in the seventies, worked for the Muria Church in Indonesia. It is primarily writ- ten for Yoder’s co-religionists in the US as well as in Indonesia and elsewhere. Th is emerges, for example, from the introduction of “the Lord” as an actor in the history of the church and, by implication, in the history of society as a whole (p. 8). Th e study describes in detail

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