Christianities in Asia (Blackwell Guides to Global Christianity)

Christianities in Asia......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
List of Maps......Page 14
Notes on Contributors......Page 16
Preface......Page 18
Which Asia?......Page 22
Which Christianity?......Page 23
Introducing Asian Christianities......Page 25
2 India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma/Myanmar......Page 30
Local Basics......Page 32
The Early Christian Presence in Mainland South Asia......Page 35
The First Attack on Contextualized South Asian Christianity......Page 37
A Second Attack on Contextualized South Asian Christianity......Page 38
Contextualization in Early Roman Catholicism Elsewhere in South Asia......Page 39
Protestant Contextualization – the Pietists......Page 40
The Baptists......Page 42
Laity and the Expansion of Christianity......Page 43
Contemporary Contextualisation in South Asia: Church, State, and People......Page 45
Violent Attacks Against Christian Churches......Page 47
Theological, Ecclesial, and Liturgical Contextualization......Page 48
The Performance of Christianity in South Asia......Page 54
Toward a Conclusion......Page 56
The Land, its Make Up and the People......Page 66
The Portuguese Period......Page 67
The Dutch Period......Page 68
The British Period......Page 69
Independent Sri Lanka......Page 73
At the Turn of the Century......Page 76
Process of Inculturation and Contextualized Theology......Page 77
Whither Sri Lanka?......Page 78
Cultural Diversity......Page 82
Outward Form, Inner Spirit......Page 83
Papua: Dignity and Identity......Page 84
Sulawesi: Vibrant and Vocal......Page 85
East Nusa Tenggara: Christian Heartlands......Page 87
Java: Indigenous Roots......Page 88
Java: Art and Music......Page 89
Java: Movers and Shakers......Page 90
Jakarta: Pietism and Social Engagement......Page 91
Sumatra: Local Roots, National Leadership......Page 92
Future Prospects......Page 93
The Countries and Their People......Page 98
Political, Cultural, and Religious History......Page 99
British Imperialism and Racial and Ethnic Politics......Page 100
Christianity: Its Beginnings and Development......Page 102
Christianity: A Foreign Religion......Page 103
The Challenge of an Indigenous Church......Page 105
The Challenge of Islamization......Page 106
The Challenge of Ecumenism......Page 108
The Challenge of Church-State Relations......Page 109
The New and Growing Churches......Page 111
6 The Philippines......Page 118
Transplanting Spanish Catholicism......Page 119
Appropriating Christianity, Resisting Colonial Rule......Page 123
(Re)Building Mission......Page 129
Meeting National Challenges, Engaging the World......Page 134
“In But Not Of This World”......Page 140
7 Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand......Page 150
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam......Page 151
Cambodia, Laos, Thailand......Page 162
A Look Into the Future......Page 165
A New China......Page 170
World Christianity and Chinese Christianity......Page 171
Christianity with Chinese Characteristics......Page 174
Christianity and Chinese Society......Page 182
Christianity’s Prospects in China......Page 183
Taiwan......Page 194
Hong Kong......Page 204
Macau......Page 210
Introduction......Page 218
Roman Catholic Mission in Pre-Modern Japan......Page 219
Persecution and Martyrdom......Page 220
The Second Phase of Christian Mission: Increasing Diversity......Page 221
State Shinto and the Christian Churches......Page 222
The Place of Nagasaki in Japanese Catholicism......Page 223
Postwar Developments......Page 224
The Wider Impact of Christianity: Education and Social Welfare......Page 225
From “Paternal” to “Maternal” Religion......Page 227
Uchimura Kanz o and the Non-church Movement......Page 228
Inculturation and the Ancestors in Japanese Christianity......Page 229
Inter-Faith Dialogue......Page 230
Future Prospects......Page 231
Introduction......Page 238
The Beginning of Christianity in Korea......Page 240
Indigenous Christian Leaders, Past and Present......Page 242
Christianity as an Agency of Modernization......Page 244
The Rise of Christianity Amidst Rapid Industrialization and Urbanization......Page 247
This-Worldly Orientation of Korean Protestantism......Page 248
The Future of Christianity in Korea......Page 249
12 The Middle East......Page 254
The Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch......Page 255
The Church of the East......Page 261
Missionary Activity of the Syriac Church......Page 263
Churches in Arabia......Page 264
The Maronite Church......Page 266
The Armenians in the Middle East......Page 270
The Last Century......Page 272
A Prospective Glance......Page 276
Future Directions: A Triple Dialogue......Page 277
Asian and Pentecostal......Page 280
Index......Page 284