Christianities in Asia / edited by Peter C. Phan
- Published:
- Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 271 pages : maps ; 23 cm.
- Additional Creators:
- Phan, Peter C., 1943-
- Series:
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: Asian Christianity/Christianities / Peter C. Phan -- Which Asia? -- Which Christianity? -- Introducing Asian Christianities -- 2.India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma/Myanmar / Elizabeth Koepping -- Local Basics -- The Early Christian Presence in Mainland South Asia -- The First Attack on Contextualized South Asian Christianity -- A Second Attack on Contextualized South Asian Christianity -- Contextualization in Early Roman Catholicism Elsewhere in South Asia -- Protestant Contextualization - the Pietists -- The Baptists -- Laity and the Expansion of Christianity -- Contemporary Contextualisation in South Asia: Church, State, and People -- Violent Attacks Against Christian Churches -- Theological, Ecclesial, and Liturgical Contextualization -- The Performance of Christianity in South Asia -- Toward a Conclusion -- 3.Sri Lanka / Jeyaraj Rasiah -- The Land, its Make Up and the People -- The Portuguese Period -- The Dutch Period -- The British Period -- Independent Sri Lanka -- At the Turn of the Century -- The Present Scenario -- Process of Inculturation and Contextualized Theology -- Whither Sri Lanka? -- 4.Indonesia / John Prior -- Language -- Cultural Diversity -- Christian Diversity -- Outward Form, Inner Spirit -- Christians and Muslims -- Papua: Dignity and Identity -- Ambon: Conflict and Reconciliation -- Sulawesi: Vibrant and Vocal -- East Nusa Tenggara: Christian Heartlands -- Bali: A Minority within a Minority -- Java: Indigenous Roots -- Java: Education -- Java: Art and Music -- Java: Movers and Shakers -- Jakarta: Pietism and Social Engagement -- Sumatra: Local Roots, National Leadership -- Future Prospects -- 5.Malaysia and Singapore / Edmund Kee-Fook Chia -- The Countries and Their People -- Political, Cultural, and Religious History -- British Imperialism and Racial and Ethnic Politics -- Christianity: Its Beginnings and Development -- Christianity: A Foreign Religion -- The Challenge of an Indigenous Church -- The Challenge of Islamization -- The Challenge of Ecumenism -- The Challenge of Church-State Relations -- The New and Growing Churches -- 6.The Philippines / Jose Mario C. Francisco -- Transplanting Spanish Catholicism -- Appropriating Christianity, Resisting Colonial Rule -- (Re)Building Mission -- Meeting National Challenges, Engaging the World -- "In But Not Of This World" -- 7.Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand / Peter C. Phan -- The Socialist Republic of Vietnam -- Cambodia, Laos, Thailand -- A Look Into the Future -- 8.Mainland China / Ying Fuk-Tsang -- A New China -- World Christianity and Chinese Christianity -- Christianity with Chinese Characteristics -- Christianity and Chinese Society -- Christianity's Prospects in China -- 9.Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau / Lo Lung-Kwong -- Taiwan -- Hong Kong -- Macau -- 10.Japan / Mark R. Mullins -- Introduction -- The Cultural Diversity of Christianity in Japan -- Roman Catholic Mission in Pre-Modern Japan -- Persecution and Martyrdom -- Hidden Christians -- The Second Phase of Christian Mission: Increasing Diversity -- State Shinto and the Christian Churches -- The Place of Nagasaki in Japanese Catholicism -- Postwar Developments -- The Wider Impact of Christianity: Education and Social Welfare -- Christianity as a Japanese Religion: Diverse Appropriations -- From "Paternal" to "Maternal" Religion -- Uchimura Kanzo and the Non-church Movement -- Inculturation and the Ancestors in Japanese Christianity -- "Christian" Weddings and the Rites of Passage -- Inter-Faith Dialogue -- Future Prospects -- 11.South Korea / Andrew Eungi Kim -- Introduction -- The Beginning of Christianity in Korea -- Indigenous Christian Leaders, Past and Present -- Christianity as an Agency of Modernization -- The Rise of Christianity Amidst Rapid Industrialization and Urbanization -- This-Worldly Orientation of Korean Protestantism -- Individual Religiosity of Christians -- The Future of Christianity in Korea -- 12.The Middle East / Lois Farag -- The Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch -- The Church of the East -- Missionary Activity of the Syriac Church -- Churches in Arabia -- The Maronite Church -- The Armenians in the Middle East -- The Last Century -- Conclusion: Whither Asian Christianities? / Peter C. Phan -- A Prospective Glance -- Future Directions: A Triple Dialogue -- Asian and Pentecostal.
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- ISBN:
- 9781405160896 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1405160896 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781405160902 (pbk. : alk. paper)
140516090X (pbk. : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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