| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 657 pages) |
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Oxford handbooks in religion and theology |
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Oxford handbooks in religion and theology
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| Contents |
General introduction / Felix Wilfred -- part I. Mapping Asian Christianity. Introduction / Georg Evers -- Christianity in western Asia / Herman G.B. Teule -- South Asian Christianity in context / Felix Wilfred -- Christian minorities on the Central Asian silk roads / Sébastien Peyrouse -- "On the trail of spices": Christianity in Southeast Asia: common traits of the encounter of Christianity with societies, cultures, and religions in Southeast Asia / Georg Evers -- Identity and marginality: Christianity in East Asia / Edmond Tang -- part II. Cross-cultural flows and pan-Asian movements of Asian Christianity. Introduction / Felix Wilfred -- Asian theological trends / Michael Amaladoss -- Scriptural translations and cross-textual hermeneutics / Archie C.C. Lee -- The contributions of the ecumenical movement in Asia to world ecumenism / Aruna Gnanadason -- Inter-Asia mission and global missionary movements from Asia / Sebastian Kim -- Pentecostalism and charismatic movements in Asia / Allan Heaton Anderson -- Forms of Asian Indigenous Christianities / Paul Joshua Bhakiaraj -- Gender, sexuality, and Christian feminist movements in Asia / Sharon A. Bong -- part III. Asian Christianities and the social-cultural processes. Introduction / Wong Wai Ching Angela -- Modernity and change of values: Asian Christian negotiations and resistance / Wong Wai Ching Angela -- Christianity in Southeast Asia: colonialism, nationalism and the caveats to conversion / Julius Bautista -- Sociopolitical developments in West Asia and their impact on Christian minorities in the region / Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid -- Religious disarmament: rethinking religious conversion in Asia / Rudolf C. Heredia -- Christianity and political democratization: the case of East Asia / Huang Po Ho -- The role of Christianity in peace and conflict in Asia / Jude Lal Fernando -- Christianity and the cause of Asian women / Gemma Tulud Cruz -- Christianity and education in Asia / Jun Li -- Christian social engagement in Asia / Felix Wilfred -- part IV. Asian Christianity in interaction with Asian religious traditions. Introduction / Georg Evers -- Changing paradigms of Asian Christian attitude to other religions / S. Wesley Ariarajah -- Jewish-Christian relationships in west Asia: history, major issues, challenges, and prospects / David Mark Neuhaus -- Muslim perceptions of Asian Christianity: a survey / Ataullah Siddiqui -- The multiverse of Hindu engagement with Christianity: plural streams of creative co-walking, contradictions, and confrontations / Ananta Kumar Giri -- Christian tradition in the eyes of Asian Buddhists: the case of Japan / Dennis Hirota -- Encounter between Confucianism and Christianity / Jonathan Y. Tan -- Christianity and conversion: conceptualization and critique, past and present, with special reference to South Asia / Richard Fox Young -- Christian art and architecture in Asia / Gudrun Löwner -- part V. Some future trajectories of Asian Christianity. Introduction / Francis X. Clooney -- Christians in Asia read sacred books of the East / George Gispert-Sauch -- Multiple religious belonging or complex identity? An Asian way of being religious / Albertus Bagus Laksana -- Asian Christian spirituality / Peter C. Phan -- Asian Christian forms of worship and music / Swee Hong Lim -- Revisiting historiographies: new trajectories for Asian Christianity / Daniel Franklin Pilario -- Asian Christianity and public life: the interplay / Felix Wilfred -- Migration and new cosmopolitanism in Asian Christianity / Jose Mario C. Francisco -- In the light of Asia: reflections of a Western Christian / Francis X. Clooney -- Religious adherents in Asia by country, mid-2010: statistics table / source: World Religion Database, Todd M. Johnson and Brian J. Grim, eds |
| Summary |
This handbook discusses the global expansion of Christianity and the challenges it faced along the way. It is a resource for Christians and for the wider audience wanting to think more comprehensively about how Christianity was born in Asia, lost and gained ground, grew and changed across this vast of continent, and now faces many possible futures. It maps the history and current state of Christianity in Asia, providing insight into how Asian culture and its diverse religious traditions have significantly transformed Christianity to adapt to Asian life and expectations |
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"Despite the ongoing global expansion of Christianity, there remains a lack of comprehensive scholarship on its development in Asia. This volume fills the gap by exploring the world of Asian Christianity and its manifold expressions, including worship, theology, spirituality, inter-religious relations, interventions in society, and mission. The contributors, from over twenty countries, deconstruct many of the widespread misconceptions and interpretations of Christianity in Asia. They analyze how the growth of Christian beliefs throughout the continent is linked with the socio-political and cultural processes of colonization, decolonization, modernization, democratization, identity construction of social groups, and various social movements. With a particular focus on inter-religious encounters and emerging theological and spiritual paradigms, the volume provides alternative frames for understanding the phenomenon of conversion and studies how the scriptures of other religious traditions are used in the practice of Christianity within Asia"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Christianity -- Asia
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- General.
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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Christianity.
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Asia.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wilfred, Felix, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780199358106 |
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0199358109 |
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