Norman Carr Sargant (3 January 1909 – 17 September 1982) was the secondK. 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. Bernard Thorogood, Gales of Change: Responding to a Shifting Missionary Context : the Story of the London Missionary Society, 1945–1977, WCC, p. 97. Bishop in Church of South India Diocese of Mysore. Norman was the brother of Thomas Sargant and William Sargant.
Sargant was educated at The Leys School, Cambridge and Handsworth Theological College. He came to India as a Methodist Missionary in 1931Sargant, Norman Carr Collection, Reference code(s): GB 0151 DA36, held at Birmingham – University of, Information Services, Orchard Learning Resources Centre and was a member of the Church History Association of India.Indian Church History Review, Volume 17, 1983, 83
Writings Norman C. Sargant wrote the following books, Date unknown, History of the Protestant Church (in Karnataka),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. Date unknown, My Dear Boy: Letters from Norman Thomas Carr Sargant to His Son Norman Carr Sargant : September 1939 – January 1946,Norman Carr Sargant, My Dear Boy: Letters from Norman Thomas Carr Sargant to His Son Norman Carr Sargant : September 1939 – January 1946. Date unknown, The Life Story of an Indian Minister: The Rev. Henry Premaka, 1850–1922,Norman Carr Sargant, The Life Story of an Indian Minister: The Rev. Henry Premaka, 1850–1922, C.L.S. Press, Madras. 1940, The Dispersion of the Tamil Church,Norman Carr Sargant, The Dispersion of the Tamil Church, S.P.C.K, 1940. 1944, A Letter from Mysore,Norman Carr Sargant, A Letter from Mysore, Printed at the Wesley Press and Publishing House, 1944. 1952, W. E. Tomlinson: a memoir and some papers,Norman Carr Sargant, Arthur Marcus Ward, William Ernest Tomlinson, W. E. Tomlinson: a memoir and some papers, Christian Literature Society for India, Madras, 1952. 1963, The Lingayats: The Vira-Saiva Religion,Norman Carr Sargant, The Lingayats: The Vira-Saiva Religion, Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society, Bangalore, 1963. 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,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. 1976, India : A Christian View,Norman C. Sargant, ‘'India: A Christian View'’ in The Labour Monthly, Volume 58, published by Rajani Palme Dutt, Labour Publishing Company, 1976, p.545. 1985, India, My Appointed Place": An Account of Mary Carpenter's Four Journeys to India,Norman Carr Sargant, India, My Appointed Place: An Account of Mary Carpenter's Four Journeys to India, 1985. 1987, From Missions to Church in Karnataka, 1920–1950. This book is preserved at the National Library, Government of India, New Delhi,Norman Sargant, From Missions to Church in Karnataka, 1920–1950, Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1987. Norman Sargant, From Missions to Church in Karnataka, 1920–1950, Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1987. 1987, Mary Carpenter in India,Norman Carr Sargant, Mary Carpenter in India, 1987
Records Papers of Norman Sargant are held at the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham
References