Winds of Jingjiao

Winds of Jingjiao PDF Author: Li Tang
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 3643907540
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 442

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As early as AD 781, the writer of the Xi'an Fu inscription described the spread of Syriac Christianity (called Jingjiao in Chinese) to China as a wind blowing eastward. The discovery of the Xi'an Fu Stele, the Dunhuang Jingjiao Manuscripts, the numerous Syriac tombstones and fragments in Central Asia and many parts of China has unearthed a buried history of Syriac Christianity from the Tang Dynasty to the time of the Mongol Empire. The papers in this volume cover a wide range of topics from manuscripts and inscription, to the historical, liturgical and theological perspectives of Syriac Christianity in this geographic realm. Li Tang is Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Biblical Studies and Ecclesiastical History, University of Salzburg.. Dietmar W. Winkler is Professor of Patristic Studies and Ecclesiastical History at the University of Salzburg and Director of the Center for the Study of Eastern Christianity (ZECO) of the University of Salzburg. (Series: Orientalia - Patristica - Oecumenica, Vol. 9) [Subject: Religious Studies, History, Syriac Christianity, Chinese Studies]Ã?Â?

Winds of Jingjiao

Winds of Jingjiao PDF Author: Li Tang
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 3643907540
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 442

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Book Description
As early as AD 781, the writer of the Xi'an Fu inscription described the spread of Syriac Christianity (called Jingjiao in Chinese) to China as a wind blowing eastward. The discovery of the Xi'an Fu Stele, the Dunhuang Jingjiao Manuscripts, the numerous Syriac tombstones and fragments in Central Asia and many parts of China has unearthed a buried history of Syriac Christianity from the Tang Dynasty to the time of the Mongol Empire. The papers in this volume cover a wide range of topics from manuscripts and inscription, to the historical, liturgical and theological perspectives of Syriac Christianity in this geographic realm. Li Tang is Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Biblical Studies and Ecclesiastical History, University of Salzburg.. Dietmar W. Winkler is Professor of Patristic Studies and Ecclesiastical History at the University of Salzburg and Director of the Center for the Study of Eastern Christianity (ZECO) of the University of Salzburg. (Series: Orientalia - Patristica - Oecumenica, Vol. 9) [Subject: Religious Studies, History, Syriac Christianity, Chinese Studies]Ã?Â?

Jingjiao

Jingjiao PDF Author: Glen L. Thompson
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 1467467138
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234

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A balanced, accessible, and thorough history of Jingjiao, the first Christian church in China Many people assume that the first introduction of Christianity to the Chinese was part of nineteenth-century Western imperialism. In fact, Syriac-speaking Christians brought the gospel along the Silk Road into China in the seventh century. Glen L. Thompson introduces readers to the fascinating history of this early Eastern church, referred to as Jingjiao, or the “Luminous Teaching.” Thompson presents the history of the Persian church’s mission to China with rigor and clarity. While Christianity remained a minority and “foreign” religion in the Middle Kingdom, it nonetheless attracted adherents among indigenous Chinese and received imperial approval during the Tang Dynasty. Though it was later suppressed alongside Buddhism, it resurfaced in China and Mongolia in the twelfth century. Thompson also discusses how the modern unearthing of Chinese Christian texts has stirred controversy over the meaning of Jingjiao to recent missionary efforts in China. In an accessible style, Thompson guides readers through primary sources as well as up-to-date scholarship. As the most recent and balanced survey on the topic available in English, Jingjiao will be an indispensable resource for students of global Christianity and missiology.

Beyond Indigenization: Christianity and Chinese History in a Global Context

Beyond Indigenization: Christianity and Chinese History in a Global Context PDF Author: Feiya Tao
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004532129
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 519

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Book Description
Beyond Indigenization, edited by Tao Feiya and translated into English by Max L. Bohnenkamp, traces the history of Christianity in China from the Tang era to contemporary times.

The Oxford Handbook of the Bible in China

The Oxford Handbook of the Bible in China PDF Author: K. K. Yeo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019090979X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 905

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Book Description
"The Oxford Handbook of the Bible in China deftly examines the Bible's translation, expression, interpretation, and reception in China. Forty-eight essays address the translation of the Bible into China's languages and dialects; expression of the Bible in Chinese literary and religious contexts; Chinese biblical interpretations and methods of reading; and the reception of the Bible in the institutions and arts of China. This comprehensive and unique volume presents insightful, succinct, and provocative evidence about and interpretations of encounters between the Bible and China for centuries past, continuing into the present, and likely prospects for the future"--

Modern Chinese Theologies

Modern Chinese Theologies PDF Author: Chloë Starr
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
ISBN: 1506487963
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376

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Book Description
Chinese Theologies introduces the vibrant development of Chinese theology in its many forms across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It also challenges prevalent narratives regarding the lack of Chinese theologies and engages questions of the construction of theology in their own traditions/nations.

Middle Eastern Christians and Europe

Middle Eastern Christians and Europe PDF Author: Andreas Schmoller
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 3643910231
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266

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Book Description
Middle Eastern Christians have a long tradition of interacting with Europe. As other minorities they have also "emerged" through relations of European powers with the region. The historical circulation of people and ideas is also relevant for identities of Middle Eastern Christians who have settled in Europe in the past decades. This volume, stemming from an interdisciplinary workshop in Salzburg 2016, brings together both perspectives of entanglement.

ARTIFACT, TEXT, CONTEXT

ARTIFACT, TEXT, CONTEXT PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 3643961952
Category : Syriac language
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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The Interpretation of Tang Christianity in the Late Ming China Mission

The Interpretation of Tang Christianity in the Late Ming China Mission PDF Author: Matteo Nicolini-Zani
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004535853
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 375

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The book contains the first annotated English translation of the Correct Explanation of the Tang “Stele Eulogy on the Luminous Teaching” (1644) by the Jesuit Manuel Dias Jr. and other late Ming Chinese Christian sources interpreting the “venerable ancestor” of the Jesuit mission, namely, the mission of the Church of the East in Tang China. Based on this documentation, the book reconstructs the process of “appropriation” by Jesuit missionaries and their Chinese converts of ancient traces of Christianity that were discovered in China in the first half of the seventeenth century, such as the Xi’an stele (781) and other Christian relics

Yearbook of Chinese Theology 2018

Yearbook of Chinese Theology 2018 PDF Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004384979
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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Book Description
The Yearbook of Chinese Theology is an international, ecumenical and fully peer-reviewed series for Chinese theology in English. This special 2018 volume highlights the five-disciplines of Jingjiao theology.

Silk Road Traces

Silk Road Traces PDF Author: LIT Verlag
Publisher: LIT Verlag
ISBN: 3643962282
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 426

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This volume includes cutting-edge research on the spread of Syrian Christianity along the Silk Road from the 6th to the 14th century. Recent archaeological discoveries and excavations of ancient and medieval Christian sites in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and China shed new light on Christian communities in Central Asia, China and Mongolia. Scholars from such fields as archaeology, manuscript studies, history and theology have contributed, offering new insights into the influence of Syriac Christianity along the Silk Roads. Li Tang is Senior Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of the Christian East (ZECO), University of Salzburg/Austria. Dietmar W. Winkler is Head of the Department of Biblical Studies and Ecclesiastical History, and Associate Director of the Center for the Study of the Christian East (ZECO), University of Salzburg/Austria