Christianities in Asia

Christianities in Asia

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Phan, Peter C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2010.
Series:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Subjects:
Christianity > Asia.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Christianities in Asia
  • Contents
  • List of Maps
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Preface
  • 1 Introduction: Asian Christianity/ Christianities
  • Which Asia?
  • Which Christianity?
  • Introducing Asian Christianities
  • 2 India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma/Myanmar
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The Socialist Republic of Vietnam
  • Cambodia, Laos, Thailand
  • A Look Into the Future
  • 8 Mainland China
  • 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
  • Taiwan
  • Hong Kong
  • Macau
  • 10 Japan
  • 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

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