Asia in the making of Christianity [[electronic resource]] : conversion, agency, and indigeneity, 1600s to the present / / edited by Richard Fox Young and Jonathan A. Seitz |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Mass., : Brill, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (466 p.) |
Disciplina | 275 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
YoungRichard Fox
SeitzJonathan A |
Collana | Social Sciences in Asia |
Soggetto topico | Christian converts - Asia |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 90-04-25129-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Richard Fox Young and Jonathan A. Seitz -- Early Christian Conversion in Seventeenth-Century Cochinchina / Nola Cooke -- Translating Spirits: Protestants, Possessions, and the Grammars of Conversion in Shandong Province / Richard Burden -- Preaching (傳 chuan), Worshipping (拜 bai), and Believing (信 xin): Recasting the Conversionary Process in South China / Joseph Tse-Hei Lee -- Conversion to Mission Christianity among the Kachin of Upper Burma 1877–1972 / La Seng Dingrin -- Have the Mitdes Gone Silent? Conversion, Rhetoric, and the Continuing Importance of the Lower Deities in Northeast India / Erik de Maaker -- Is Conversion to Christianity Pantheon Theocide? Fragility and Durability in Early Diasporic Chinese Protestantism / Jonathan A. Seitz -- Conversion without \'Commotion\': Rev. Lal Behari Day’s Candramukhīr Upākhyān (Story of Candramukhī) / Sipra Mukherjee -- Loss and Gain: An ‘Intellectualist’ Conversion and Its Socio-Cognitive Calculus in the Hindu-Christian Life of Nehemiah Goreh / Richard Fox Young -- The Enigma of Christian Conversion in Modern Japan: The Case of Two Buddhist Priests / Gregory Vanderbilt -- \'Becoming Faithful\': Conversion, Syncretism, and the Interreligious Hermeneutical Strategies of the \'Faithful of Jesus\' (Īsā īmāndārs) in Today’s Bangladesh / Jonas Adelin Jørgensen -- Does the Divine Physician Have an Unfair Advantage? Healing and the Politics of Conversion in Twentieth-Century India / Chad M. Bauman -- Conversion and Moral Ambiguity: An Chunggŭn, Nationalism and the Catholic Church in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Korea / Franklin Rausch -- Connecting Disconnections: Troubling Meanings of Christian Conversion in Imperial North India / Rhonda Semple -- The Illusion of Conversion: Śiva Meets Mary at Vēḷāṅkaṇṇi in Southern India / Matthias Frenz -- Conversion to Christianity among the Thai and Sino-Thai of Modern Thailand: Growth, Experimentation, and Networking in the Contemporary Context / Edwin Zehner -- Select Bibliography -- Index. |
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Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Mass., : Brill, c2013 | ||
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Asia in the making of Christianity [[electronic resource]] : conversion, agency, and indigeneity, 1600s to the present / / edited by Richard Fox Young and Jonathan A. Seitz |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Mass., : Brill, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (466 p.) |
Disciplina | 275 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
YoungRichard Fox
SeitzJonathan A |
Collana | Social Sciences in Asia |
Soggetto topico | Christian converts - Asia |
ISBN | 90-04-25129-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Richard Fox Young and Jonathan A. Seitz -- Early Christian Conversion in Seventeenth-Century Cochinchina / Nola Cooke -- Translating Spirits: Protestants, Possessions, and the Grammars of Conversion in Shandong Province / Richard Burden -- Preaching (傳 chuan), Worshipping (拜 bai), and Believing (信 xin): Recasting the Conversionary Process in South China / Joseph Tse-Hei Lee -- Conversion to Mission Christianity among the Kachin of Upper Burma 1877–1972 / La Seng Dingrin -- Have the Mitdes Gone Silent? Conversion, Rhetoric, and the Continuing Importance of the Lower Deities in Northeast India / Erik de Maaker -- Is Conversion to Christianity Pantheon Theocide? Fragility and Durability in Early Diasporic Chinese Protestantism / Jonathan A. Seitz -- Conversion without \'Commotion\': Rev. Lal Behari Day’s Candramukhīr Upākhyān (Story of Candramukhī) / Sipra Mukherjee -- Loss and Gain: An ‘Intellectualist’ Conversion and Its Socio-Cognitive Calculus in the Hindu-Christian Life of Nehemiah Goreh / Richard Fox Young -- The Enigma of Christian Conversion in Modern Japan: The Case of Two Buddhist Priests / Gregory Vanderbilt -- \'Becoming Faithful\': Conversion, Syncretism, and the Interreligious Hermeneutical Strategies of the \'Faithful of Jesus\' (Īsā īmāndārs) in Today’s Bangladesh / Jonas Adelin Jørgensen -- Does the Divine Physician Have an Unfair Advantage? Healing and the Politics of Conversion in Twentieth-Century India / Chad M. Bauman -- Conversion and Moral Ambiguity: An Chunggŭn, Nationalism and the Catholic Church in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Korea / Franklin Rausch -- Connecting Disconnections: Troubling Meanings of Christian Conversion in Imperial North India / Rhonda Semple -- The Illusion of Conversion: Śiva Meets Mary at Vēḷāṅkaṇṇi in Southern India / Matthias Frenz -- Conversion to Christianity among the Thai and Sino-Thai of Modern Thailand: Growth, Experimentation, and Networking in the Contemporary Context / Edwin Zehner -- Select Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786975503321 |
Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Mass., : Brill, c2013 | ||
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Asia in the making of Christianity [[electronic resource]] : conversion, agency, and indigeneity, 1600s to the present / / edited by Richard Fox Young and Jonathan A. Seitz |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Mass., : Brill, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (466 p.) |
Disciplina | 275 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
YoungRichard Fox
SeitzJonathan A |
Collana | Social Sciences in Asia |
Soggetto topico | Christian converts - Asia |
ISBN | 90-04-25129-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Richard Fox Young and Jonathan A. Seitz -- Early Christian Conversion in Seventeenth-Century Cochinchina / Nola Cooke -- Translating Spirits: Protestants, Possessions, and the Grammars of Conversion in Shandong Province / Richard Burden -- Preaching (傳 chuan), Worshipping (拜 bai), and Believing (信 xin): Recasting the Conversionary Process in South China / Joseph Tse-Hei Lee -- Conversion to Mission Christianity among the Kachin of Upper Burma 1877–1972 / La Seng Dingrin -- Have the Mitdes Gone Silent? Conversion, Rhetoric, and the Continuing Importance of the Lower Deities in Northeast India / Erik de Maaker -- Is Conversion to Christianity Pantheon Theocide? Fragility and Durability in Early Diasporic Chinese Protestantism / Jonathan A. Seitz -- Conversion without \'Commotion\': Rev. Lal Behari Day’s Candramukhīr Upākhyān (Story of Candramukhī) / Sipra Mukherjee -- Loss and Gain: An ‘Intellectualist’ Conversion and Its Socio-Cognitive Calculus in the Hindu-Christian Life of Nehemiah Goreh / Richard Fox Young -- The Enigma of Christian Conversion in Modern Japan: The Case of Two Buddhist Priests / Gregory Vanderbilt -- \'Becoming Faithful\': Conversion, Syncretism, and the Interreligious Hermeneutical Strategies of the \'Faithful of Jesus\' (Īsā īmāndārs) in Today’s Bangladesh / Jonas Adelin Jørgensen -- Does the Divine Physician Have an Unfair Advantage? Healing and the Politics of Conversion in Twentieth-Century India / Chad M. Bauman -- Conversion and Moral Ambiguity: An Chunggŭn, Nationalism and the Catholic Church in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Korea / Franklin Rausch -- Connecting Disconnections: Troubling Meanings of Christian Conversion in Imperial North India / Rhonda Semple -- The Illusion of Conversion: Śiva Meets Mary at Vēḷāṅkaṇṇi in Southern India / Matthias Frenz -- Conversion to Christianity among the Thai and Sino-Thai of Modern Thailand: Growth, Experimentation, and Networking in the Contemporary Context / Edwin Zehner -- Select Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812373503321 |
Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Mass., : Brill, c2013 | ||
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Christian theology in Asia / / edited by Sebastian C.H. Kim [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 296 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 230.095 |
Soggetto topico | Theology - Asia |
ISBN |
1-107-17825-8
1-281-38368-6 9786611383688 0-511-80350-8 0-511-39790-9 0-511-40043-8 0-511-39713-5 0-511-39640-6 0-511-39869-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ; Part I. Formation of Christian theologies in Asia -- ; 1. Introduction : mapping Asian Christianity in the context of world Christianity / David M. Thompson -- ; 2. The mystery of God in and through Hinduism / Jacob Kavunkal -- ; 3. Waters of life and Indian cups : Protestant attempts at theologizing in India / Israel Selvanayagam -- ; 4. From abandonment to blessing : the theological presence of Christianity in Indonesia / John A. Titaley -- ; 5. Studying Christianity and doing theology extra ecclesiam in China / Choong Chee Pang -- ; 6. Christian theology under feudalism, nationalism and democracy in Japan / Nozomu Miyahira -- ; 7. The word and the spirit : overcoming poverty, injustice and division in Korea / Sebastian C.H. Kim -- ; Part II. Theological themes of Christianity in Asia -- ; 8. Religious pluralism, dialogue and Asian Christian responses / M. Thomas Thangaraj -- ; 9. Cross-textual hermeneutics and identity in multi-scriptural Asia / Archie C.C. Lee -- ; 10. Re-constructing Asian feminist theology : toward a glocal feminist theology in an era of neo-empire(s) / Namsoon Kang -- ; 11. The ecumenical movement in Asia in the context of Asian socio-political realities / S. Wesley Ariarajah -- ; 12. Mission and evangelism : evangelical and pentecostal theologies in Asia / Hwa Yung -- ; 13. Subalterns, identity politics and Christian theology in India / Sathianathan Clarke. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450682203321 |
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008 | ||
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Christian theology in Asia / / edited by Sebastian C.H. Kim [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 296 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 230.095 |
Soggetto topico | Theology - Asia |
ISBN |
1-107-17825-8
1-281-38368-6 9786611383688 0-511-80350-8 0-511-39790-9 0-511-40043-8 0-511-39713-5 0-511-39640-6 0-511-39869-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ; Part I. Formation of Christian theologies in Asia -- ; 1. Introduction : mapping Asian Christianity in the context of world Christianity / David M. Thompson -- ; 2. The mystery of God in and through Hinduism / Jacob Kavunkal -- ; 3. Waters of life and Indian cups : Protestant attempts at theologizing in India / Israel Selvanayagam -- ; 4. From abandonment to blessing : the theological presence of Christianity in Indonesia / John A. Titaley -- ; 5. Studying Christianity and doing theology extra ecclesiam in China / Choong Chee Pang -- ; 6. Christian theology under feudalism, nationalism and democracy in Japan / Nozomu Miyahira -- ; 7. The word and the spirit : overcoming poverty, injustice and division in Korea / Sebastian C.H. Kim -- ; Part II. Theological themes of Christianity in Asia -- ; 8. Religious pluralism, dialogue and Asian Christian responses / M. Thomas Thangaraj -- ; 9. Cross-textual hermeneutics and identity in multi-scriptural Asia / Archie C.C. Lee -- ; 10. Re-constructing Asian feminist theology : toward a glocal feminist theology in an era of neo-empire(s) / Namsoon Kang -- ; 11. The ecumenical movement in Asia in the context of Asian socio-political realities / S. Wesley Ariarajah -- ; 12. Mission and evangelism : evangelical and pentecostal theologies in Asia / Hwa Yung -- ; 13. Subalterns, identity politics and Christian theology in India / Sathianathan Clarke. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785085503321 |
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008 | ||
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Christian theology in Asia / / edited by Sebastian C.H. Kim [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 296 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 230.095 |
Soggetto topico | Theology - Asia |
ISBN |
1-107-17825-8
1-281-38368-6 9786611383688 0-511-80350-8 0-511-39790-9 0-511-40043-8 0-511-39713-5 0-511-39640-6 0-511-39869-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ; Part I. Formation of Christian theologies in Asia -- ; 1. Introduction : mapping Asian Christianity in the context of world Christianity / David M. Thompson -- ; 2. The mystery of God in and through Hinduism / Jacob Kavunkal -- ; 3. Waters of life and Indian cups : Protestant attempts at theologizing in India / Israel Selvanayagam -- ; 4. From abandonment to blessing : the theological presence of Christianity in Indonesia / John A. Titaley -- ; 5. Studying Christianity and doing theology extra ecclesiam in China / Choong Chee Pang -- ; 6. Christian theology under feudalism, nationalism and democracy in Japan / Nozomu Miyahira -- ; 7. The word and the spirit : overcoming poverty, injustice and division in Korea / Sebastian C.H. Kim -- ; Part II. Theological themes of Christianity in Asia -- ; 8. Religious pluralism, dialogue and Asian Christian responses / M. Thomas Thangaraj -- ; 9. Cross-textual hermeneutics and identity in multi-scriptural Asia / Archie C.C. Lee -- ; 10. Re-constructing Asian feminist theology : toward a glocal feminist theology in an era of neo-empire(s) / Namsoon Kang -- ; 11. The ecumenical movement in Asia in the context of Asian socio-political realities / S. Wesley Ariarajah -- ; 12. Mission and evangelism : evangelical and pentecostal theologies in Asia / Hwa Yung -- ; 13. Subalterns, identity politics and Christian theology in India / Sathianathan Clarke. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812425803321 |
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008 | ||
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Christians in Asia before 1500 / / Ian Gillman and Hans-Joachim Klimkeit |
Autore | Gillman Ian. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (411 p.) |
Disciplina | 275 |
Altri autori (Persone) | KlimkeitHans-Joachim |
Soggetto topico |
Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
Church history - Middle Ages, 600-1500 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-97039-2
0-203-03680-8 1-136-10970-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Christians in Asia before 1500; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Maps and Plates; Foreword; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Apostolic Times and Apostolic Traditions; 3 A Necessary Excursus into Theology; 4 Christians in Syria and Palestine; Introduction; The Role of Jewish Christianity; The Spread of Christianity in the Region; Cultural Tensions; Three Key Centres: Jerusalem, Antioch, Edessa; Some Major Figures and their Influence; The Ascetic Spirit of Syrian Christianity; Syrian Mysticism and Monasticism; Common Religiosity and Distinctive Communions
Under Muslims and Crusaders to AD 15105 Christians in 'Arabia'; Christian Beginnings among Arabs; Conflicts Without and Within; Interaction with Islam; 6 Christians in Armenia and Georgia; Introduction; Christian Beginnings and Establishment; Under Political Pressures prior to Islam; Theological Stances; The Impact of Islam; The Era of the Crusaders and Thereafter; 7 Christians in Persia (Iran); Foundations Laid; Through Persecution to Autonomy; Both Autonomous and Predominantly Nestorian; Under Muslims and Mongols; Emphases, Concerns and Domestic Organisation of The Church of the East' Monks and Missionaries Retrospect; 8 Christians in India; Early Links between India and 'the West'; Apostolic Foundations?; The Indian Christian Community until AD 1520; South Indian Christians - their Lives, Status and Relationship o Indian Culture; The Organisation and Theology of the Church; The Impact of the Portuguese; Retrospect; 9 Christians in Central Asia; Central Asia as the Scene of Nestorian Expansion; Chorasan and Adjacent Areas; Transoxania / West Turkestan; The Southern Silk Route; The Northern Silk Route; North of the Tien-Shan Mountains; Decline of Christianity Organisation of the Church in Central and East AsiaThe Plurality of Christian Denominations in Central Asia and the Appearance of Latin Christians; Christian Literature in Central Asia; 10 Christians in China; Christians in Pre-T'ang China?; The Appearance of Christians in T'ang China; The Monument at Sian-fu; The Chinese Nestorian Texts of the T'ang Period; The Decline of Christianity in T'ang China; The Mongols in China; Nestorians among the Ruling Mongols; Khubilai Khan's Attitude to Christianity; Nestorianism in the Secular Life of Yuan China; Christian Monks and Hermits in Yuan China Franciscan Envoys, Legates and MissionariesJohn of Montecorvino; Later Franciscans in China; 11 Christians in South-East Asia; Ancient Trade Routes and Consequent Possibilities; Evidence of Christians in South-East Asia before AD 1500; 12 Conclusion; Notes; Appendices; A. General Chronological Chart; B. Chronological Table for the 'Church of the East'; C. Christians in Japan; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463411303321 |
Gillman Ian.
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 | ||
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Christians in Asia before 1500 / / Ian Gillman and Hans-Joachim Klimkeit |
Autore | Gillman Ian. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (411 p.) |
Disciplina | 275 |
Altri autori (Persone) | KlimkeitHans-Joachim |
Soggetto topico |
Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
Church history - Middle Ages, 600-1500 |
ISBN |
1-136-10978-1
1-283-97039-2 0-203-03680-8 1-136-10970-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Christians in Asia before 1500; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Maps and Plates; Foreword; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Apostolic Times and Apostolic Traditions; 3 A Necessary Excursus into Theology; 4 Christians in Syria and Palestine; Introduction; The Role of Jewish Christianity; The Spread of Christianity in the Region; Cultural Tensions; Three Key Centres: Jerusalem, Antioch, Edessa; Some Major Figures and their Influence; The Ascetic Spirit of Syrian Christianity; Syrian Mysticism and Monasticism; Common Religiosity and Distinctive Communions
Under Muslims and Crusaders to AD 15105 Christians in 'Arabia'; Christian Beginnings among Arabs; Conflicts Without and Within; Interaction with Islam; 6 Christians in Armenia and Georgia; Introduction; Christian Beginnings and Establishment; Under Political Pressures prior to Islam; Theological Stances; The Impact of Islam; The Era of the Crusaders and Thereafter; 7 Christians in Persia (Iran); Foundations Laid; Through Persecution to Autonomy; Both Autonomous and Predominantly Nestorian; Under Muslims and Mongols; Emphases, Concerns and Domestic Organisation of The Church of the East' Monks and Missionaries Retrospect; 8 Christians in India; Early Links between India and 'the West'; Apostolic Foundations?; The Indian Christian Community until AD 1520; South Indian Christians - their Lives, Status and Relationship o Indian Culture; The Organisation and Theology of the Church; The Impact of the Portuguese; Retrospect; 9 Christians in Central Asia; Central Asia as the Scene of Nestorian Expansion; Chorasan and Adjacent Areas; Transoxania / West Turkestan; The Southern Silk Route; The Northern Silk Route; North of the Tien-Shan Mountains; Decline of Christianity Organisation of the Church in Central and East AsiaThe Plurality of Christian Denominations in Central Asia and the Appearance of Latin Christians; Christian Literature in Central Asia; 10 Christians in China; Christians in Pre-T'ang China?; The Appearance of Christians in T'ang China; The Monument at Sian-fu; The Chinese Nestorian Texts of the T'ang Period; The Decline of Christianity in T'ang China; The Mongols in China; Nestorians among the Ruling Mongols; Khubilai Khan's Attitude to Christianity; Nestorianism in the Secular Life of Yuan China; Christian Monks and Hermits in Yuan China Franciscan Envoys, Legates and MissionariesJohn of Montecorvino; Later Franciscans in China; 11 Christians in South-East Asia; Ancient Trade Routes and Consequent Possibilities; Evidence of Christians in South-East Asia before AD 1500; 12 Conclusion; Notes; Appendices; A. General Chronological Chart; B. Chronological Table for the 'Church of the East'; C. Christians in Japan; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786174903321 |
Gillman Ian.
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Christians in Asia before 1500 / / Ian Gillman and Hans-Joachim Klimkeit |
Autore | Gillman Ian. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (411 p.) |
Disciplina | 275 |
Altri autori (Persone) | KlimkeitHans-Joachim |
Soggetto topico |
Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
Church history - Middle Ages, 600-1500 |
ISBN |
1-136-10978-1
1-283-97039-2 0-203-03680-8 1-136-10970-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Christians in Asia before 1500; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Maps and Plates; Foreword; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Apostolic Times and Apostolic Traditions; 3 A Necessary Excursus into Theology; 4 Christians in Syria and Palestine; Introduction; The Role of Jewish Christianity; The Spread of Christianity in the Region; Cultural Tensions; Three Key Centres: Jerusalem, Antioch, Edessa; Some Major Figures and their Influence; The Ascetic Spirit of Syrian Christianity; Syrian Mysticism and Monasticism; Common Religiosity and Distinctive Communions
Under Muslims and Crusaders to AD 15105 Christians in 'Arabia'; Christian Beginnings among Arabs; Conflicts Without and Within; Interaction with Islam; 6 Christians in Armenia and Georgia; Introduction; Christian Beginnings and Establishment; Under Political Pressures prior to Islam; Theological Stances; The Impact of Islam; The Era of the Crusaders and Thereafter; 7 Christians in Persia (Iran); Foundations Laid; Through Persecution to Autonomy; Both Autonomous and Predominantly Nestorian; Under Muslims and Mongols; Emphases, Concerns and Domestic Organisation of The Church of the East' Monks and Missionaries Retrospect; 8 Christians in India; Early Links between India and 'the West'; Apostolic Foundations?; The Indian Christian Community until AD 1520; South Indian Christians - their Lives, Status and Relationship o Indian Culture; The Organisation and Theology of the Church; The Impact of the Portuguese; Retrospect; 9 Christians in Central Asia; Central Asia as the Scene of Nestorian Expansion; Chorasan and Adjacent Areas; Transoxania / West Turkestan; The Southern Silk Route; The Northern Silk Route; North of the Tien-Shan Mountains; Decline of Christianity Organisation of the Church in Central and East AsiaThe Plurality of Christian Denominations in Central Asia and the Appearance of Latin Christians; Christian Literature in Central Asia; 10 Christians in China; Christians in Pre-T'ang China?; The Appearance of Christians in T'ang China; The Monument at Sian-fu; The Chinese Nestorian Texts of the T'ang Period; The Decline of Christianity in T'ang China; The Mongols in China; Nestorians among the Ruling Mongols; Khubilai Khan's Attitude to Christianity; Nestorianism in the Secular Life of Yuan China; Christian Monks and Hermits in Yuan China Franciscan Envoys, Legates and MissionariesJohn of Montecorvino; Later Franciscans in China; 11 Christians in South-East Asia; Ancient Trade Routes and Consequent Possibilities; Evidence of Christians in South-East Asia before AD 1500; 12 Conclusion; Notes; Appendices; A. General Chronological Chart; B. Chronological Table for the 'Church of the East'; C. Christians in Japan; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820234403321 |
Gillman Ian.
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 | ||
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