Norman Carr Sargant (3 January 1909 – 17 September 1982) was the second[1][3] Bishop in Church of South India Diocese of Mysore. Norman was the brother of Thomas Sargant and William Sargant.
Norman C. Sargant | |
|---|---|
| Bishop in Church of South India Diocese of Mysore | |
| Church | Christian |
| Diocese | Diocese of Mysore |
| See | Church of South India |
| In office | 1951-1970[1] |
| Predecessor | Premaka Gurushantha |
| Successor | Kenneth E. Gill |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 12 April 1951 at St. Mark's Cathedral, Bangalore[2] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 January 1909 |
| Died | 17 September 1982 (aged 73) Bristol, UK |
Sargant was educated at The Leys School, Cambridge and Handsworth Theological College.[4] He came to India as a Methodist Missionary in 1931[5] and was a member of the Church History Association of India.[6]
Writings
editNorman C. Sargant wrote the following books,
- Date unknown, History of the Protestant Church (in Karnataka),[7]
- Date unknown, My Dear Boy: Letters from Norman Thomas Carr Sargant to His Son Norman Carr Sargant : September 1939-January 1946,[8]
- Date unknown, The Life Story of an Indian Minister: The Rev. Henry Premaka, 1850-1922,[9]
- 1940, The Dispersion of the Tamil Church,[10]
- 1944, A Letter from Mysore,[11]
- 1952, W. E. Tomlinson: a memoir and some papers,[12]
- 1963, The Lingayats: The Vira-Saiva Religion’’,[13]
- 1963, A charge delivered by Norman Carr Sargant, second bishop in Mysore, at a meeting of the presbyters and deacons attending the ninthe Diocesan Council at Hubli, November 14th 1963,[14]
- 1976, India : A Christian View,[15]
- 1985, India, My Appointed Place": An Account of Mary Carpenter's Four Journeys to India,[16]
- 1987, From Missions to Church in Karnataka, 1920-1950. This book is preserved at the National Library, Government of India, New Delhi,[17][18]
- 1987, Mary Carpenter in India,[19]
Records
editPapers of Norman Sargant are held at the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham[20]
References
edit- ^ a b K. M. George, Church of South India: life in union, 1947–1997, Jointly published by Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and Christava Sahitya Samithi, Tiruvalla, 1999, pp.36-41. [1]
- ^ Rajaiah David Paul, ‘’The First Decade: An Account of the Church of South India’’, Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1958, p.74. [2]
- ^ Bernard Thorogood, Gales of Change: Responding to a Shifting Missionary Context : the Story of the London Missionary Society, 1945-1977, WCC, p. 97. [3]
- ^ "Sargant, Norman Carr". A History of Methodism. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ Sargant, Norman Carr Collection, Reference code(s): GB 0151 DA36, held at Birmingham - University of, Information Services, Orchard Learning Resources Centre [4]
- ^ Indian Church History Review, Volume 17, 1983, 83
- ^ Norman Sargant, History of the Protestant Church (in Karnataka), Cited by Godwin Shiri in Wholeness in Christ: the legacy of the Basel Mission in India, Karnataka Theological College and Research Institute, Mangalore, 1985, p.76. [5]
- ^ Norman Carr Sargant, My Dear Boy: Letters from Norman Thomas Carr Sargant to His Son Norman Carr Sargant : September 1939-January 1946. [6]
- ^ Norman Carr Sargant, The Life Story of an Indian Minister: The Rev. Henry Premaka, 1850-1922, C.L.S. Press, Madras. [7]
- ^ Norman Carr Sargant, The Dispersion of the Tamil Church, S.P.C.K, 1940. [8]
- ^ Norman Carr Sargant, A Letter from Mysore, Printed at the Wesley Press and Publishing House, 1944. [9]
- ^ Norman Carr Sargant, Arthur Marcus Ward, William Ernest Tomlinson, W. E. Tomlinson: a memoir and some papers, Christian Literature Society for India, Madras, 1952. [10]
- ^ Norman Carr Sargant, 'The Lingayats: The Vira-Saiva Religion’’, Christian Institute . for the Study of Religion and Society, Bangalore, 1963. [11]
- ^ Norman Carr Sargant, A charge delivered by Norman Carr Sargant, second bishop in Mysore, at a meeting of the presbyters and deacons attending the ninthe Diocesan Council at Hubli, November 14th 1963, 1963. [12]
- ^ Norman C. Sargant, ‘’India: A Christian View’’ in The Labour Monthly, Volume 58, published by Rajani Palme Dutt, Labour Publishing Company, 1976, p.545. [13]
- ^ Norman Carr Sargant, India, My Appointed Place: An Account of Mary Carpenter's Four Journeys to India, 1985. [14]
- ^ Norman Sargant, From Missions to Church in Karnataka, 1920-1950, Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1987. [15]
- ^ Norman Sargant, From Missions to Church in Karnataka, 1920-1950, Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1987. [16]
- ^ Norman Carr Sargant, Mary Carpenter in India, 1987
- ^ "UoB Calmview5: Search results". calmview.bham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2021.