Jan Sihar Aritonang, Ph.D. (2000) in History of Christianity, Utrecht University, is Lecturer of Church History at the Theological College of Jakarta, Indonesia. He has already published a great number of books, most in Indonesian, on religious development in his country, including Mission Schools in Batakland (Indonesia), 1861-1940, Leiden: Brill. Karel Steenbrink, Ph.D. (1974) in Religious Studies, Radboud University, Nijmegen, is Professor of Intercultural Theology at Utrecht University. He has published extensively on religions in Indonesia, both Islam and Christianity, including Catholics in Indonesia, 1808-1942, A Documented History, Leiden: KITLV 2 vols, 2003-6.

This history of Indonesian Christianity is an extremely useful and well-documented reference resource which will be welcome to scholars of any discipline with a professional interest in Indonesia. - R.H. Barnes, University of Oxford in: ASEASUK News 45 (2009).