Christianities in Asia
- United Kingdom Blackwell Publishig 2011
- 271p
includes index and biblioraphy
Introduction: Asian Christianity/Christianities 1 Peter C. Phan Which Asia? 1 Which Christianity? 2 Introducing Asian Christianities 4 India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma/Myanmar 9 Elizabeth Koepping Local Basics 11 The Early Christian Presence in Mainland South Asia 14 The First Attack on Contextualized South Asian Christianity 16 A Second Attack on Contextualized South Asian Christianity 17 Contextualization in Early Roman Catholicism Elsewhere in South Asia 18 Protestant Contextualization - the Pietists 19 The Baptists 21 Laity and the Expansion of Christianity 22 Contemporary Contextualisation in South Asia: Church, State, and People 24 Violent Attacks Against Christian Churches 26 Theological, Ecclesial, and Liturgical Contextualization 27 The Performance of Christianity in South Asia 33 Toward a Conclusion 35 Sri Lanka Jeyaraf 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? 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 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 The Philippines Jose Mario C. Francisco, SJ. Transplanting Spanish Catholicism Appropriating Christianity, Resisting Colonial Rule (Re)Building Mission Meeting National Challenges, Engaging the World "In But Not Of This World" Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand Peter C. Phan The Socialist Republic of Vietnam Cambodia, Laos, Thailand A Look Into the Future 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 Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau Lo Lung-kwong Taiwan Hong Kong Macau Japan Mark R. Mullins Introduction The Cultural Diversity of Christianity in Japan Roman Catholic Mission in Pre-Modern Japan