03271nam 2200625 a 450 991080900440332120240513092139.01-78268-469-71-282-88958-397866128895851-4443-9261-11-4443-9259-X(CKB)2670000000055964(SSID)ssj0000467667(PQKBManifestationID)11303649(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000467667(PQKBWorkID)10490425(PQKB)10770926(MiAaPQ)EBC624783(Au-PeEL)EBL624783(CaPaEBR)ebr10469892(CaONFJC)MIL288958(OCoLC)699474968(MiAaPQ)EBC7104647(Au-PeEL)EBL7104647(EXLCZ)99267000000005596420100629d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrChristianities in Asia /edited by Peter C. Phan1st ed.Malden, Mass. Wiley-Blackwell2011xvii, 271 p. mapsBlackwell guides to global ChristianityBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-4051-6090-X 1-4051-6089-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : Asian Christianity/Christianities / Peter C. Phan -- India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma/Myanmar / Elizabeth Koepping -- Sri Lanka / Jeyaraj Rasiah -- Indonesia / John Prior -- Malaysia and Singapore / Edmund Kee-Fook Chia -- The Philippines / Jose Mario C. Francisco -- Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand / Peter C. Phan -- Mainland China / Ying Fuk-tsang -- Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau / Lo Lung-kwong -- Japan / Mark R. Mullins -- South Korea / Andrew Eungi Kim -- The Middle East / Lois Faraq -- Conclusion: Whither Asian Christianities? / Peter C. Phan.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.Blackwell guides to global Christianity.ChristianityAsiaChristianity275Phan Peter C.1943-1626519MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809004403321Christianities in Asia3962596UNINA