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Saturday, June 23, 2007

Guide to the World Council of Churches Archive on Christianity in Southeast Asia

See http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/wcc-sea/index.html.

Compiled by Michael Poon for the Documentation of Christianity in Asia Consortium

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Attempts in Producing Chinese-English Bilingual Book of Common Prayer from the 1960s to the 1980s

See The Order for Holy Communion produced by the Diocese of Hong Kong and Macao in 1965 (http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/skh/bcp/hc1965.pdf) , and the more substantial effort The Book of Common Prayer (1976, 1983) by the Council of Church in East Asia. This later work, led by Bishop James Pong (Pang Deming) of Taiwan, was a serious attempt in integrating Chinese cultural heritage in the Prayer Book (http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/skh/bcp/dongyaben.pdf). It was regretably not adopted for general use after its release.

See also the source documents of Chung Hwa Sheng Kung Hui (Holy Catholic Church in China)http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/poon/index.htm , and Michael Poon's essay on Prayer Book Translation and the Birth of 'Sheng Kung Hui.

Monday, May 7, 2007

Biography of Archdeacon D D Chelliah of Singapore -- D D Chelliah: Man of Faith, Master Teacher

See Mrs Leaena Tambyah's biography of her father, D D Chelliah: Man of Faith, Master Teacher (Singapore: Armour Pub,
2007), ISBN: 13:978-981-4138-97-0.

This biography sheds light in the history of the Anglican Church in Singapore from the Japanese Occupation to the early years of the new Singapore Republic. D D Chelliah played a key role in the church and the wider society during that span of thirty years.

The Chapter "The War and the Cathedral" and the Table of Contents are posted on the CSCA website by the kind permission of the author, Mrs Leaena Tambyah. All rights are reserved by the author. See http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/rart_doc/ang/sing/chelliah2007.pdf

The book is not on sale to the public. Librarians who wish to obtain a copy of the book should write to csca@ttc.edu.sg for further information.