3. DENOMINATIONAL HISTORIES
Anglican, Assemblies of God, Baptist, Brethren, Lutheran, Mar Thoma and Syrian Orthodox, Methodist, Pentecostal Churches and Charismatic Movement, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic
3.1 Anglican
All Saints’ Church Taiping, Centenary Magazine 1887-1987. English and Tamil. Contains a detailed history of the Anglican Church in North Perak, 112pp.
Anglican Chinese Mission in Penang Centenary Magazine 1886-1986. Chinese and English.
Baines, H W. ‘The Church in Malaya,’ East and West Review, 19(3), 1953, pp.81-85.
Baines, H W. ‘The Church in Singapore and Malaya, 1949-1960,’ East and West Review, 26, 1960, pp.113-121.
Baines, H W. Ye shall have tribulation, Diocesan Synod of Singapore, 1951, 99pp.
A short history of the life of the late Reverend Royapen Balavendrum, first Tamil minister and missionary, SPG, and of the establishment of the St George’s Tamil mission of the Church of England in Penang and Malaya, typescript. [St George’s microfilm, Seminari Theoloji Malaysia library.]
Batumalai, S. The man with a pastoral heart. Silver Jubliee thanksgiving programme for the life and ministry of Archdeacon Butwan Manikam, Anglican Church History Study Group, Kuala Lumpur, 1989, 67pp.
Browning, P S. A short history of the chaplaincy of Taiping and North Perak, the Federated Malay States, Convict Establishment Press, Taiping, 1929, iv + 55pp.
Bryan, John Northridge, The churches of the captivity in Malaya, SPCK, London, 1946, 72pp.
Buckley, Charles Burton. An anecdotal history of old times in Singapore from ... February 6th 1819 to ... April 1st 1867, University of Malaya Press, 1965, pp.286-300.
Carpenter, Kathleen. Come in ... to the household of God, Highway Press, London, 1958, 96pp. New Village work by CMS missionaries, particularly in Jinjang.
Carpenter, Kathleen. The password is love in the New Villages of Malaya, Highway Press, London, 1955, 84pp.
Cole, Keith. A history of the CMS of Australia, Church Missionary Society, Melbourne, 1971. pp.152-164.
Cole, R Alan. Emerging pattern. CIM work in the Diocese of Singapore and Malaya, London, China Inland Mission / Overseas Missionary Fellowship, 1961, 48pp..
Cornwall, Nigel E. Borneo, past present and future, SPG, 1953, 61pp.
Cornwall, Nigel E. ‘Opportunity in Borneo,’ East and West Review, 19(3), 1953, pp.74-80.
Dumper, A C. The Church of St George the Martyr, Penang, 1964, 14pp.
Dumper, A C. A history of the Parish of South Perak, Ipoh, 1953, 22pp.
Eley, Neville James. Look at our neighbours, Australian Board of Missions of the Church of England, Stanmore, New South Wales, 1967, 38pp. Report of visit and call for greater Australian involvement.
Ferguson-Davie, C E. In rubber lands. An account of the work of the Church in Malaya, SPCK, London, 1921, 91pp.
Gomes, E H. An account of the St Andrew’s Church Mission from AD 1856 to AD 1887, etc., Singapore and Straits Printing Office, Singapore, 1888, 26pp.
Hayter, John. Priest in prison. Four years of life in Japanese-occupied Singapore, 1941-1945, Churchman, Worthing, 1989, 312pp.
Hayter, John. ‘The Church and the new Malaya,’ East and West Review 13(4), 1947, pp.115-118.
Hayter, J and Bennitt, J. Singapore. The War and After Series No. II, SPG, 1946, 36pp.
Henrich, Ruth. No richer harvest; the story of the Church in Borneo, SPG/SPCK, 1934, 71pp. 1935, 68p.
Jeanes, Sylvia Margaret. "Your light has come:" an historical outline of the Sabah Anglican Interior Mission, 1956-1985, MMin thesis, Trinity Theological College, Singapore, 1986, 166pp.
Khoo Kay Keng, ed., Diocese of Sabah Silver Jubilee 1962-1987, Diocese of Sabah, P O Box 10811, Kota Kinabalu. English and Chinese, 140 + 68pp. Historical recollections and analysis.
Kovilpillai, Daniel et al. A short history of St Andrew’s School 1862-1962, Singapore, 64pp.
Lee, Arnold and Kathleen. Spotlight on Malaya, Highway Press, 1962.
Loh Keng Aun. Fifty years of the Anglican Church in Singapore Island, 1909-1959, University of Singapore, 1963, vi + 54pp.
Lomax, Frank. ‘The Church in North Borneo,’ East and West Review, 29(4), October 1963, pp.22-32.
McKay, R. John Leonard Wilson, confessor for the Faith, Hodder, 1973.
Morgan, D I. They became Anglicans, Mowbray, London, 1959. Includes, pp.74-83, a life of Roland Koh, the first Chinese Anglican bishop in Singapore and Malaya.
Morgan, Dewi. ‘Christianity and Malaya,’ British Malaya, June 1951, p.258.
Ng Moon Hing. History and mission of the Anglican Chinese Church in West Malaysia, MDiv dissertation, Seminari Theoloji Malaysia, 1989, iv + 155pp.
Ong, E. A brief history of the Anglican Church in Selangor and the Federal Territory, 1879-1982, student dissertation, Seminari Theoloji Malaysia, 1983, Kuala Lumpur.
Parish of the Church of the Holy Spirit Golden Jubilee 1931-1981. 76pp. Includes history of Tamil work in the Ipoh area.
Pascoe, C F. ‘Ten years in South-east Asia, Malaya,’ International Review of Mission, 21, April 1932, pp.156-159.
Pascoe, C F. Two hundred years of the SPG, volume II, London, 1901, pp.682-702.
Saint, Max. A flourish for the bishop and Brooke’s friend Grant. Two studies in Sarawak history, 1848-1868, Merlin Books, Braunton, England, 1985, 284pp. Reassessment of Bishop McDougall and his wife.
St Christopher’s Church, Parish of South Johore. Diamond Jubilee Magazine 1927-1987, 1987, 68pp.
Samuel, Paul G T. A hundred years of the Tamil Mission Diocese of West Malaysia (1871-1971), published by the author, Kuala Lumpur, 1971, 37pp.
Saunders, Graham Edward. Bishops and Brookes. The Anglican mission and the Brooke Raj in Sarawak 1848-1941, PhD thesis, University of Hull, 1989, 742pp.
Sharp, A F. The wings of the morning, Greaves, London, 1953. First Archdeacon of Sarawak who also served in Sinapore and Malacca.
Sulston, A E A. ‘Borneo and Malaya,’ East and West Review, 22(1) 1956, pp.12-23. Impressions of an SPG Overseas Secretary.
Swindell, Frank Guthrie. A short history of St Andrew’s Cathedral Singapore, 1929, Malaya Tribune Press, Singapore, 27pp.
Taylor, Brian. The Anglican Church in Borneo 1848-1962, New Horizon, Bognor Regis, England, 1983. xii + 368 + 31 + viii + xlviipp. Detailed chronicle with tables, appendices and index.
Taylor, Brian. Elton Hill Diary. Story of the founding of St Michaels Church, Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia, 1976, 46pp.
Thompson, H P. Into all lands: the history of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts 1701-1950, SPCK, London, 1951, 760pp., pp.394-406.
Wong, James Y K. Singapore: The church in the midst of social change, Church Growth Study Centre, Fort Canning Road, Singapore, 1973, 201pp. Church growth study, particularly of Anglican and Baptist churches in Singapore.
Woods, R W. ‘Malaya and Singapore,’ East and West Review, 29(1), January 1963, pp.20-24.
Woods, Robin. Robin Woods: An Autobiography, SCM, London, 1986, 310pp. Woods was Archdeacon of Singapore.
Vun, Albert. A church growth analysis of the Sabah Anglican Interior Mission (1960-1979), Senior Paper, Singapore Bible College, 1981, 93pp.
Thomas, Chris D. Diaspora Indians: Church growth among Indians in West Malaysia, Malaysia Indian Evangelism Council, Penang, 1978, 214pp. A church growth study of Tamil churches with special reference to the Assembly of God.
3.3 Baptist
Hsu, Princeton S, ed. A history of Chinese Baptist Churches, Baptist Press, Hong Kong, vol. 4, 1972.
Hwang Wei-Tjang. A general history of Baptist work in Malaysia, MDiv dissertation, Baptist Theological Seminary, Penang, 1981, viii + 299pp. Includes bibliography of local material in English and Chinese.
Morris, Charles H. ‘Malaysia,’ The Commission (Southern Baptist World Journal), 27(8), Sep 1964, pp.4-9.
Report of the in-depth study committee of the Malaysia-Singapore Baptist Mission, mimeo, nd. [c.1975] Analysis of responses to questionnaires.
Rogers, Lillie O, ed. A history of Baptists in Malaysia and Singapore, Eurasia Press, Singapore, 1971.
Wong, James Y K. Singapore: The church in the midst of social change, Church Growth Study Centre, Fort Canning Road, Singapore, 1973, 201pp. Church growth study, particularly of Anglican and Baptist churches in Singapore.
3.4 Brethren
Bull, Geoffrey T. Coral in the Sand, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1962, viii + 125pp. Experiences of the author in Jesselton, now Kota Kinabalu.
By the grace of God, Grace Chapel, Box 413, Kota Kinabalu, 1984, 57pp. English and Chinese. History of Assemblies in Sabah.
The story of one hundred years of the Lord’s blessings: Centennial brochure of Bethesda Gospel Hall, 1864-1964, Malaysia Publishing House, Singapore, 1964.
James, G D. Missionary tours of Malaysia, Asia Evangelical Fellowship, Singapore, 1962, 164pp.
Marks, H Freeman. Reminiscences,: The call to serve the Lord in Malaya and subsequent years of service from 1900-1952, Vancouver, nd. [1952?]
Phang Swee Lan. Reminiscences. Taiping Gospel Hall 1880-1980, Eastern Universities Press, Petaling Jaya, 1981 132pp.
Tatford, F A. That the world may believe, vol. 5, pp.155-206, Echoes Publication, Bath, 1984.
Thiran, N, ed. The Christian Brethren of Malaysia: our heritage, Kuala Lumpur, 1990.
3.5 Lutheran
Fisher, Carl M. The relationship of financial subsidy to the growth and development of the Lutheran Church in Malaysia and Singapore, 1973.
Fisher, Carl M. Stewardship and church structure. A research project presented to the Board of World Missions, Lutheran Church of America and the Lutheran Church in Malaysia (and Singapore), STM thesis, Faculty of Theology at Chicago 1967, published by LCMS, Kuala Lumpur, 1973, 121pp.
Furberg, Tore. Möte med världssreligionerna en studiebok om religion och samhälle i Malaysia och Singapore, Verbum/Studiebok förlaget, Sweden, 1969, 148pp. Malaysian religions and the Christian mission.
Ishida, Yoshida. The people of God in Malaysia and Singapore. Indigenization church survey, May 1972.
LCMS, The fifteenth anniversary of the Lutheran Church in Malaysia and Singapore, 1979.
Lindbeck, George, Ecumenism and the Lutheran Church in Malaysia and Singapore, 1969, 77pp.
Nyce, Ray. Lift up your heads ... church life and work in towns and villages in West Malaysia being served by the Lutheran Church in Malaysia and Singapore, 1971.
Vierow, Duain William. A history of Lutheranism in Western Malaysia and Singapore, Board of World Missions, Lutheran Church in America, New York, 1968, 258pp.
Vierow, Duain William. A comparison of Tamil and Chinese Lutheran Churches in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, DMiss thesis, Fuller Theological Seminary, 1976, 268pp.
Wiking, Göran. Negri Agro-industrial training complex, student dissertation, Seminari Theoloji Malaysia, 1987, 81pp.
Witschi, Hermann. Geshichte der Basler Mission 1920-1940, Band 5, Basileia Verlag, Basel, 1970, pp.164-168.
Witschi, Hermann (Nach einem Manuskript von Wilhelm Schlatter). Geshichte der Basler Mission 1914-1919, Band 4, Basileia Verlag, Basel, 1965, p.30f.
3.6 Mar Thoma and Syrian Orthodox
The Mar Thoma Church. A Malaysian perspective, 1986, 211pp.
3.7 Methodist
Cherry, William Thomas. Malaysia Preachers Manual. A handbook for local preachers, pastors, office-bearers, and missionaries, Methodist Publishing House, Singapore, 1917, 90pp.
Cartwright, Frank T. Tuan Hoover of Borneo, Abingdon, New York, 1938. 186pp.
Doraisamy, Theodore R. Forever Beginning II, one hundred years of Methodism in Singapore, Methodist Church in Singapore, 1986, 144pp.
Doraisamy, Theodore R. Forever Beginning, one hundred years of Methodism in Singapore, Methodist Church in Singapore, 1985, 296pp.
Doraisamy, Theodore R. Oldham called of God. Profile of a pioneer, Methodist Book Room, Singapore, 1979, 103pp.
Doraisamy, Theodore R. ‘Patterns of ministry in Methodism in Sinagpore and Malaysia,’ Methodist History, 21, Jan 1983, pp.112-123.
Doraisamy, Theodore R. ‘Rescuing the Oldham legend,’ Methodist History, 18, Oct 1979, pp.61-65.
Doraisamy, Theodore R. Sophia Blackmore in Singapore, Methodist Book Room, Singapore, 1987, 78pp.
Doraisamy, Theodore R. The March of Methodism in Singapore and Malaysia 1885-1980, Methodist Bookroom, 1982, 110pp.
Haines, Joseph Harry. A history of the Methodist Church in Malaysia, MTh, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1956.
History of Malaysian Methodism. 75 year anniversary 1885-1960.
Ho Seng Ong. Methodist Schools in Malaysia. Their record and history, Board of Education, Malaya Annual Conference, Petaling Jaya, 1964, xvi + 843pp. Comprehensive, illustrated history.
Ho, Ruth. Rainbow round my shoulder, Eastern Universities Press, Singapore, 1975.
Hunt, Robert. ‘The history of the translation of the Bible into Malay,’ Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 62(1), 1989, pp.35-56.
Robert Hunt. William Shellabear: a biography. University of Malaya Press, Kuala Lumpur, 1996.
Hutton, Peter. Make what I can sell. The story of Jack Chia-MPH, Jack Chia-MPH, Singapore, 1978, 128pp. Includes accounts of the work of Shellabear and Cherry in establishing the Methodist Publishing House which in due course became part of the Jack Chia Group.
Marsh, Mabel. Hard Scrabble, 1968.
Marsh, Mabel. Service suspended. Carlton Press, New York, 1968, 180pp. Correspondence from June 1939 to May 1942 sharing the author’s experiences as a missionary teacher returning to Malaya and then leaving with the Japanese invasion.
Marsh, Mabel. A wagon that was hitched to a star. Privately published. Distributed through the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society, 1720 Arch Street, Phil. PA. 144pp. nd. Letters written to a friend in the United States by a Methodist missionary in Bengal and Singapore, 1910-1917.
Means, Nathalie Toms. Malaysia Mosaic. A story of fifty years of Methodism, Methodist Book Room, Singapore, 1935, 142pp.
Means, Paul and Nathalie, And the seed grew, nd.[1981], np., 95pp. Methodist mission among the Sengoi in West Malaysia.
Oldham, W F. India, Malaysia and the Philippines, a practical study in missions, Eaton & Mains, New York; Jennings and Graham, Cincinnati; 1913, 299pp.
Oldham, Wm F. Malaysia: Nature’s wonderland, Jennings and Graham, Cincinnati; Eaton and James, New York, 1907, 90pp.
Shastri, Hermen P. Christ in tribal culture. A study of the interaction between Christianity and Semai society of Peninsular Malaysia in the context of the history of the Methodist Mission (1930-1983), DTheol, University of Heidelberg, 1989, viii + 213pp.
Thoburn, James M. India and Malaysia, Cranston and Curtis, Cincinnati, 1893, 566pp.
Thomas A/L Soma Rajan. Gereja Methodist Malaysia: Satu Kajian Mengenai Sejarah Pembentukan dan Perkembangannya dengan memberi tumpuan khas kepada Gereja Methodist Tamil [The Methodist Church of Malaysia: a study concerning the history of its formation and development with special focus on the Tamil Methodist Church], Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 1988/89, xx + 172pp.
Thoraisingam, Eddie J. The potential of the Methodist Tamil Church in West Malaysia for evangelizing and church planting, DMiss thesis, Fuller Theological Seminary, 1977.
Vasil, Raj. Tan Chee Khoon. An elder statesman, Pelanduk Publications, 1987, 199pp. Biography of leading Malaysian politician and Methodist layman.
Vethamani, Victor J. A study of Methodist Tamil work in Malaysia with particular reference to the formation of the Tamil Annual Conference, student thesis, Union Biblical Seminary, Yavatmal, 1981, 82pp.
Women in the Methodist Church of Malaysia, 1885-1984, Women’s Society of Christian Service, Kuala Lumpur, nd., 140pp.
Yap Kim-Hao, D R Daniel and Sian Boon Chong, eds., Methodism at the crossroads, Union Press, Kuala Lumpur, 1966.
3.8 Pentecostal churches and the Charismatic Movement
Ackerman, S. ‘Experimentation and renewal among Malaysian Christians: the Charismatic movement in Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya,’ Southeast Asia Journal of Social Science, 12(1), 1984, pp.35-48.
Ackerman, S E. ‘The language of religious innovation: spirit possession and exorcism in a Malaysian Catholic Pentecostal movement,’ Journal of Anthropological Research, 37(1), 1981, 90-100.
Kaye, L and Kulkarni, V G. ‘A queue of Christians,’ Far Eastern Economic Review, 12 January, 1984, pp.34-36.
Kuala Lumpur Assembly of God 30th anniversary, 1934-1964.
Lee, R L M, and Ackerman, S E. ‘Conflict and solidarity in a pentecostal group in urban Malaysia,’ Sociological Review, 28(4), 1980, pp.90-100.
Northcott, Michael. ‘A survey of the rise of Charismatic Christianity in Malaysia,’ Asia Journal of Theology, 4(1), April 1990, pp.266-278.
Thomas, Chris D. Diaspora Indians: Church growth among Indians in West Malaysia, Malaysia Indian Evangelism Council, Penang, 1978, 214pp. A church growth study of Tamil churches with special reference to the Assembly of God.
3.9 Presbyterian
Band, Edward. Working His purpose out, the history of the English Presbyterian Church Mission 1847-1947, Presbyterian Church of England, London, 1948, pp.527-546
Cheeseman, Harold Ambrose Robinson. ‘St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Penang,’ Saint Andrew’s Outlook, July, 1951.
Cheeseman, H R. ‘The Presbyterian church in Malaya (post-war rehabilitation),’ British Malaya, October, 1947.
Gibson, T Campbell. But God. Selected sermons of, nd. [c.1969], 68pp.
Greer, Robert M. ‘A history of the Presbyterian Church in Singapore,’ Saint Andrew’s Outlook, 108, April, 1956. Reprinted separately in 1959.
Halson, R D. ‘The Malayan churches of London North Presbytery after enemy occupation,’ Journal of the Presbyterian Historical Society of England, 9(2), 1949, pp.94-100.
Harcus, A D. ‘History of the Presbyterian Church in Malaya,’ Journal of the Presbyterian Historical Society of England, 10(4), May 1955, pp.160-175.
Hood, George. Malaya the challenge, Overseas Missions Committee of the Presbyterian Church of England, London, 1957, 51pp. Brief and perceptive analysis. Useful maps of the Presbyterian Mission.
Johnson, Anne. The Burning Bush, Dawn Publications, Singapore, 1988, vi + 298pp. History of Orchard Road Presbyterian Church, Singapore, and of many aspects of the Presbyterian Church in Malaya and Singapore.
Johnson, Anne. A historical account of the steps taken leading to union between the Presbytery of Malaysia and Singapore of the Presbyterian Church of England and the Synod of the Presbyterian Church in Singapore and Malaysia, 1983, 28pp, typescript. Essay submitted for the licensing examination of the Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Singapore, October 1983.
The Presbyterian church in Singapore 1881-1981. 100th anniversary commemoration volume, [English and Chinese] 268pp.
The Presbyterian Church in Singapore and Malaysia. 90th anniversary of the Church and 70th anniversary of the Synod. Commemoration volume. [English and Chinese] 53 + 151pp.
Chiam Joon Tong, Prinsep St. Presbyterian Church 1930-1980, Singapore, nd. 63pp.
Tankaraj, M. The history and the growth of the English speaking Presbyterian churches in the State of Johor, Senior paper, Singapore Bible College, November 1978, typescript, 39pp.
Warner, Lavinia and John Sandilands, Women beyond the wire, Michael Joseph 1982, Hamilyn, 1983, 289pp. Inspiring and harrowing account of women prisoners of war in Sumatra. A key figure was Margaret Dryburgh, a Presbyterian missionary teacher in Singapore who died in captivity, 21 April 1945.
3.10 Roman Catholic
Buckley, Charles Burton. An anecdotal history of old times in Singapore from ... February 6th 1819 to ... April 1st 1867, University of Malaya Press, 1965, ‘The Roman Catholic Church,’ pp.242-271.
Cardon, R. Catholicism in the East and the Diocese of Malacca (1511-1888), reprinted from the Malaya Catholic Leader, December 1938, Singapore, 1939, 48pp.
Chung Hoan Ting, Peter, Archbishop of Kuching. Our task and our responsibility. A letter of Archbishop P Chung to all Priests, Religious and Faithful of the Archdiocese of Kuching, Kuching, 1977, iv + 49pp.
Church of the Holy Rosary Kuala Lumpur, Diamond Jubliee Celebration Souvenir, Kuala Lumpur, 1978, 110pp.
Chew, Maureen KC, IJ. The Journey of the Catholic Church in Malaysia 1511-1996, Catholic Research Centre, Kuala Lumpur, 2000.
Chooi Mun Sou, ‘The role of the laity in the Malaysian context,’ East Asian Pastoral Review, 1, 1985, pp.33-38.
Clifford, Hugh. ‘An Apostle to Malaya: Father Roueliot. Asia, 26, 1926, pp.969-973.
Crowe, D. ‘A centenary in Borneo,’ East Asian Pastoral Review, 19(1), 1982, pp.60-68.
Dames de Saint-Maur. Centenary Souvenir. Mission of the Sisters of the Holy Infant Jesus in Malaya 1852-1952, Lyon, 1952.
Decroix, Father Paul, MEP. Saint Louis Church, Taiping, Perak, Malaysia, 1897-1987. A short history of the Catholic Church in Taiping, 95pp. Comprehensive narrative history.
FABC. "Present Situation of the Church in Malaysia." Indian Missiological Review 11, no. 1 (1989): 279-89.
Lee, Felix George. The Catholic Church in Malaya, Donald Moore/Eastern Universities Press, Singapore, 1963, 56pp.
O’Brien, Kevin J. Redemptorists in Singapore-Malaysia, Navjiwan Press, Singapore, 1985, 217pp. History of 50 years in Singapore and 25 years in Ipoh.
Official Church Directory and Ordo. The Catholic Directory for the Archdioceses of Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Kuching and the Diocese of Penang, Melaka-Johor, Kota Kinabalu, Sibur and Miri-Brunei, Catholic Bishop’s Conference of Malaysia-Singapore-Brunei, Catholic News, Singapore. Annual publication. 1988 edition 247pp.
Simon Peter Poh, Hoon Seng. "Facilitating the Growth of Basic Christian Communities for Mission in the City Parish with Reference to the Cathedral Parish of St Joseph, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia." Licentiate in Missiology, Pontificia Universitas Urbaniana, 1996.
Roekaerts, Mil. ‘The Malay Dilemma,’ Pro Mundi Vita: Dossiers, 1/1984.
Rooney, John. Khabar Gembira (The Good News). A history of the Catholic Church in East Malaysia and Brunei, 1880-1976, Burns & Oates, 1981, 292pp. Modern history. Extensive bibliography.
Schurhammer, Georg, SJ. Francis Xavier, his life his times. Volume III : Indonesia and India 1545-1549, 1980, pp.3-51, 217-282; Volume IV : Japan and China 1549-1552, 1982, pp.5-26, 320-341, 581-616, 644-646, Jesuit Historical Institute, Rome. Definitive work on Xavier with considerable detail on Melaka.
Teixeira, Manuel. The Portuguese missions in Malacca and Singapore (1511-1958), Agência Geral do Ultramar, Lisbon, 1961, 1963, 3 vols. Detailed but uncritical.
Williams, Ken. ‘The Catholic Church in West Malaysia and Singapore, ‘A foreign and colonial church?’ The relationship between Christianity and colonialism,’ in M D David, ed., Asia and Christianity, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay, 1985, pp.107-126.
Williams, Ken. ‘The Vatican missionary policy in Asia with special reference to West Malaysia and Singapore (1622-1981), in M D David, ed., Western Colonialism in Asia and Christianity, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay, 1988, pp.63-74.
Williams, Kenneth M, C.Ss.R. The Church in West Malaysia and Singapore: A study of the Catholic Church in West Malaysia and Singapore regarding her situation as an indigenous church, PhD, Catholic University of Leuven, 1976, lxii + 259pp.
Wong, Suk Siong. ‘The Order of the Holy Infant Jesus in Selangor (1899-1967), Malaysia in History, 27, 1984, pp.57-82.