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Author : Samuel Hugh Moffett
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608331635
Author : Ian Gilman,Hans-Joachim Klimkeit
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136109706
The history of Christianity in Asia is little dealt with either by Church historians or by historians of religion. It is generally unknown, even amongst theologians, that there was a long history of Christianity in Persia, India, Central Asia and China before the appearance on the scene of the first missionaries from the West. A systematic history of the Christian Church in Asia before 1500 is needed. Drawing on material hitherto unknown in the English speaking world, this is a timely and important book because there is a heightened interest today in the early forms of Asian Christianity. The Church in Asia today seeks to find forms of religious expression that are in harmony with Asian culture as was the case in the earlier period. The book covers the period up to 1500 CE. The geographical areas dealt with are Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Persia, India, Central and South East Asia, China and Japan. The book takes into account the outward development of the Church in these areas as well as the inner, theological issues.
Author : Julius Bautista,Francis Khek Gee Lim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134018864
Christianity is one of the most rapidly growing religions in Asia. Despite the challenges of political marginalisation, church organisations throughout much of Asia are engaged in activities - such as charity, education and commentary on public morality - that may either converge or conflict with the state's interests. Considering Christianity’s growing prominence, and the various ways Asian nation states respond to this growth, this book brings into sharper analytical focus the ways in which the faith is articulated at the local, regional, and global level. Contributors from diverse disciplinary and institutional backgrounds offer in-depth analyses of the complex interactions between Asian nation-states and Christianity in the context of modernisation and nation-building. Exploring the social and political ramifications of Christian conversions in Asia and their impact on state policies, the book analyses how Christian followers, missionaries, theologians and activists negotiate their public roles and identities vis-à-vis various forms of Asian states, particularly in the context of post-colonial nation-building and socio-economic development. This volume represents a critical contribution to the existing scholarship on Christianity's global reach and its local manifestations, and demonstrates the significance of the Asian experience in our understanding of Christianity as a global religion.
Author : Pedro de Moura Carvalho
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Art
ISBN : 9810996853
"This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition, Christianity in Asia: sacred art and visual splendour, presented at the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, from 27 May to 11 September 2016"--Title page verso.
Author : Felix Wilfred
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 685 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199329069
"This Handbook explores the world of Asian Christianity and its manifold expressions such as worship, theology, spirituality, inter-religious relations, interventions in society, and mission"--
Author : Kenneth R. Ross
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474451628
Taking the analysis of worldwide Christianity to a deeper level of detail, this volume focuses on Christianity in East and Southeast Asia, covering every country and offering both reliable demographic information and original interpretative essays by indigenous scholars and practitioners. It maps patterns of growth and decline, assesses major traditions and movements, analyses key themes, and examines current trends. As a comprehensive account of the presence of Christianity in every country in East and Southeast Asia, this volume is set to become a standard work of reference in its field.
Author : Robbie B. H. Goh
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9812302972
This book briefly recounts the history of the establishment and expansion of Christianity during the colonial and post-colonial eras. With the exception of the Philippines, Christianity has been a minor religion in much of Southeast Asia, albeit one whose followers have sometimes played key roles in developing education and social services. Although statistically small, evangelical Christian groups in particular are trying to increase membership and influence, which may have adverse reactions in the countries whose populations are adherents of other major world faiths.
Author : Roland Spliesgart
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-09-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802828897
Taking the three continents in turn, the documents trace chronologically the transfer of Christianity from the beginning of Western colonization through the end of the Cold War. Traditional forms of Christianity in Asia and Africa are not covered. The emphasis is on the voices of people working in the field--both missionaries and Indigenous people--rather than those at the imperial centers.
Author : Peter C. Phan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781444392609
Christianity in Asia explores the history, development, and current state of Christianity across the world’s largest and most populous continent. Offers detailed coverage of the growth of Christianity within South Asia; among the thousands of islands comprising Southeast Asia; and across countries whose Christian origins were historically linked, including Vietnam, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea Brings together a truly international team of contributors, many of whom are natives of the countries they are writing about Considers the Middle Eastern countries whose Christian roots are deepest, yet have turbulent histories and uncertain futures Explores the ways in which Christians in Asian countries have received and transformed Christianity into their local or indigenous religion Shows Christianity to be a vibrant contemporary movement in many Asian countries, despite its comparatively minority status in these regions
Author : Ian Gilman,Hans-Joachim Klimkeit
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136109782
The history of Christianity in Asia is little dealt with either by Church historians or by historians of religion. It is generally unknown, even amongst theologians, that there was a long history of Christianity in Persia, India, Central Asia and China before the appearance on the scene of the first missionaries from the West. A systematic history of the Christian Church in Asia before 1500 is needed. Drawing on material hitherto unknown in the English speaking world, this is a timely and important book because there is a heightened interest today in the early forms of Asian Christianity. The Church in Asia today seeks to find forms of religious expression that are in harmony with Asian culture as was the case in the earlier period. The book covers the period up to 1500 CE. The geographical areas dealt with are Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Persia, India, Central and South East Asia, China and Japan. The book takes into account the outward development of the Church in these areas as well as the inner, theological issues.
Author : David Halloran Lumsdaine
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195308242
Although a minority of the Asian population, Protestants in Asia are a fast growing group. In some cases, religion has effected positive changes for poor and marginalised people; but there are doubts that it has the cultural currency needed to generate political changes in governments such as that in China.
Author : Albert L. Park,David K. Yoo
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780824840174
The story of Catholicism and Protestantism in China, Japan, and Korea has been told in great detail. The existing literature is especially rich in documenting church and missionary activities as well as how varied regions and cultures have translated Christian ideas and practices. Less evident, however, are studies that contextualize Christianity within the larger economic, political, social, and cultural developments in each of the three countries and its diasporas. The contributors to Encountering Modernity address such concerns and collectively provide insights into Christianity’s role in the development of East Asia and as it took shape among East Asians in the United States. The work brings together studies of Christianity in China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan and its diasporas to expand the field through new angles of vision and interpretation. Its mode of analysis not only results in a deeper understanding of Christianity, but also produces more informed and nuanced histories of East Asian countries that take seriously the structures and sensibilities of religion—broadly understood and within a national and transnational context. It critically investigates how Protestant Christianity was negotiated and interpreted by individuals in Korea, China (with a brief look at Taiwan), and Japan starting in the nineteenth century as all three countries became incorporated into the global economy and the international nation-state system anchored by the West. People in East Asia from various walks of life studied and, in some cases, embraced principles of Christianity as a way to frame and make meaningful the economic, political, and social changes they experienced because of modernity. Encountering Modernity makes a significant contribution by moving beyond issues of missiology and church history to ask how Christianity represented an encounter with modernity that set into motion tremendous changes throughout East Asia and in transnational diasporic communities in the United States.
Author : John C. England
Publisher : ISPCK
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Asia
ISBN : 8172142420
Author : Samuel Hugh Moffett
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608331628
Author : R. S. Sugirtharajah
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780674051133
Jesus in the sutras, stele, and suras -- The heavenly elder brother -- A Judean jnana-guru -- The non-existent Jesus -- A Jaffna man's Jesus -- Jesus as a Jain tirthankara -- An Upanishadic mystic -- A minjung messiah -- Jesus in a kimono -- Conclusion: Our Jesus, their Jesus