The Politics of Reformation: Benjamin Bailey and the CMS in the Ecclesiastical Development of Travancore

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Contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
A Note on Transliteration
1 The British Backdrop to the Mission of Help
	1 Introduction
	2 The Evangelical Revival and the Protestant Missionary Movement
		2.1 The CMS and Its Place within Anglicanism
		2.2 Christianity Decadent and Primitive
	3 Missions of Help as an Evangelistic Strategy
	4 Key Instigators of the CMS Mission of Help
	5 Introducing Benjamin Bailey of Dewsbury
	6 Bailey’s Missionary Training
2 The Indian Backdrop to the Mission of Help
	1 Introduction
	2 The ‘Mission Field’ of the Mission of Help?
	3 Caste in Travancore
	4 Caste, Culture and Syrian Christians
	5 Conclusion: Caste, Culture and the Mission of Help
3 Political Beginnings: Col. John Munro’s Shaping of the Mission of Help (1816–18)
	1 Introduction
	2 The History and Politics of Travancore
	3 The Evangelical Residents: Macaulay and Munro
		3.1 General Colin Macaulay (1760–1836)
		3.2 Colonel John Munro (1778–1858)
	4 Munro’s Desire for Missionaries
	5 Col. John Munro and the Syrian Christian Community
	6 Munro and the Madras Corresponding Committee
	7 The Counsel of Munro to Benjamin Bailey
		7.1 The Goals of the Mission of Help
		7.2 The Reformation of the Syrian Church
	8 Munro’s Influence on the Mission of Help: an Assessment
4 Joseph Fenn’s Call for Ecclesiastical and Political Reform
	1 Introduction
	2 Ecclesiastical Reform
		2.1 Ecclesiology
		2.2 Scripture and Tradition
		2.3 Soteriology
	3 Political Reform
	4 The Syrian Reception of Fenn’s Address
	5 Conclusion
5 The Political Undertones of Benjamin Bailey’s Call for Conversion (1818–27)
	1 Introduction
	2 ‘Very Little but the Name of Christianity’ (1816–17)
	3 Reform from Within? (1818–21)
	4 ‘Far More Encouragements’ (1822–25)
	5 Death, Disappointment and the Call for Conversion (1825–27)
	6 Concluding Observations
6 Theological, Political and Personal Crosscurrents in the Mission of Help’s End (1828–36)
	1 Introduction
	2 Preparing for Change (1828–29)
		2.1 The Influence of Other Missionary Personnel
		2.2 The Death of Mar Philoxenes and Supremacy of Mar Dionysius IV
	3 Bailey’s Furlough and the New Missionaries (1830–34)
	4 Bailey’s Return and the Last Days of the Mission of Help (1834–35)
	5 The Final Breach (1835–36)
	6 Conclusion
7 Contested Legacies: Benjamin Bailey and the Rise of Anglicanism in Travancore, 1836–50
	1 Introduction
	2 The Change of Direction Anticipated and Defended
	3 The Change of Direction: Ecclesiastical Implications
	4 The Change of Direction: Personal Implications for Benjamin Bailey
	5 Conclusion
8 Contested Legacies: Benjamin Bailey and Indigenous Christianity in Travancore
	1 Introduction
	2 Bailey and the CMS as Translators and Educators
		2.1 Bailey as a Translator
		2.2 Bailey and the CMS as Teachers
	3 The Contested Ecclesiastical Legacies of Bailey and the CMS
		3.1 Abraham Malpān’s Call for Reformation
		3.2 Mathew Mar Athanasios: the Missionaries’ Metran?
	4 Assessing the Legacies of Benjamin Bailey and the Mission of Help
	5 Conclusion
9 Conclusion: Historical, Theological and Missiological Reflections
	1 Introduction
	2 Why Did the Mission of Help Fail?
		2.1 Doctrinal and Ecclesial Differences
		2.2 Politicisation
		2.3 Changes in Personnel
	3 Wider Reflections on the Mission of Help
		3.1 Mission and Empire
		3.2 Mission and Ecclesiology
		3.3 The Scope and Nature of Mission
	4 Conclusion
Bibliography
	Primary Sources
	Secondary Sources
Index
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