Christianities in Asia

Peter C. Phan 지음

Wiley-Blackwell 2011년 01월 21일 출간

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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 KoreaBrings together a truly international team of contributors, many of whom are natives of the countries they are writing aboutConsiders the Middle Eastern countries whose Christian roots are deepest, yet have turbulent histories and uncertain futuresExplores the ways in which Christians in Asian countries have received and transformed Christianity into their local or indigenous religionShows Christianity to be a vibrant contemporary movement in many Asian countries, despite its comparatively minority status in these regions

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List of Maps xiNotes on Contributors xiiiPreface xv1. Introduction: Asian Christianity/Christianities 1Peter C. PhanWhich Asia? 1Which Christianity? 2Introducing Asian Christianities 42. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma/Myanmar 9Elizabeth KoeppingLocal Basics 11The Early Christian Presence in Mainland South Asia 14The First Attack on Contextualized South Asian Christianity 16A Second Attack on Contextualized South Asian Christianity 17Contextualization in Early Roman Catholicism Elsewhere in South Asia 18Protestant Contextualization &~ the Pietists 19The Baptists 21Laity and the Expansion of Christianity 22Contemporary Contextualisation in South Asia: Church, State, and People 24Violent Attacks Against Christian Churches 26Theological, Ecclesial, and Liturgical Contextualization 27The Performance of Christianity in South Asia 33Toward a Conclusion 353. Sri Lanka 45Jeyaraj RasiahThe Land, its Make Up and the People 45The Portuguese Period 46The Dutch Period 47The British Period 48Independent Sri Lanka 52At the Turn of the Century 55The Present Scenario 56Process of Inculturation and Contextualized Theology 56Whither Sri Lanka? 574. Indonesia 61John PriorLanguage 61Cultural Diversity 61Christian Diversity 62Outward Form, Inner Spirit 62Christians and Muslims 63Papua: Dignity and Identity 63Ambon: Conflict and Reconciliation 64Sulawesi: Vibrant and Vocal 64East Nusa Tenggara: Christian Heartlands 66Bali: A Minority within a Minority 67Java: Indigenous Roots 67Java: Education 68Java: Art and Music 68Java: Movers and Shakers 69Jakarta: Pietism and Social Engagement 70Sumatra: Local Roots, National Leadership 71Future Prospects 725. Malaysia and Singapore 77Edmund Kee-Fook ChiaThe Countries and Their People 77Political, Cultur

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"These praiseworthy books from Bays and Phan will enhancetheir readers&' understanding of the manifold Christianities of China and Asia as well as of the global history of east-west relations.”& (Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 1 January 2013)&“A stimulating and wide-ranging collection of often valuable introductions. There are also new insights in a range of settings, for student and scholar alike.”& (Asia Journal of Theology (vol. 26 no. 1, 2012)"Christianities in Asia is intended to be an accessible book on this subject. . . But overall, the book fulfils its function as an introduction to the various forms of Christianity in Asia." (Swedish Missiological Themes, 2011)"Leading off an impressive new Blackwell series on global Christianity, Christianities in Asia is a rich collection of essays on various regions by top-ranked names in the field." (The Christian Century, 7 October 2011)"This is a fascinating book, which corrects our Eurocentric under - stand ing of the earliest Church and what happened during the later missionary eras." (Church Times, 1 June 2011)"As an introductory text, this volume sets a standard for the field that will not soon be surpassed. Essential. Lower-lever undergraduates through professional/practitioners." (Choice, 1 May 2011)"Christianities In Asia gives a wonderful sampling of essays written by Asian theologians who present the ide variety of Christianities currently in existence in Asia. Eleven theologians take on the arduous task of presenting the history, the current context, and the practices of Christianity within their own respective countries . . . nevertheless, as it stands, this book will prove invaluable for generations to come as it lays

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저자(글) Peter C. Phan

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Peter C. Phan holds the Ignacio Ellacur#237;a Chair of Catholic Social Thought at Georgetown University. The first non-Anglo person to be elected President of Catholic Theological Society of America, his books include Mission and Catechesis (1999), Christianity with an Asia Face (2003), and Vietnamese-American Catholics (2005).