Author: John C England
Publisher: ISPCK
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 203
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8172142420
Description
The history of Christianity is often taught, and understood as comprising only the Westward expansion of the church. The long and richly diverse church history of the other half of the world has been largely ignored, and seldom outlined in any complete form.
This book provides a survey of the history of Christianity in the Asian region, from the second to the fifteenth centuries, that is, prior to the coming of Western colonial powers in the region. Allempt has been made to see whole the story of the entire eastward movement of Christianity in this period, and to make available results of the very extensive discoveries and research made over some centuries.
Contents
List of Plates & Maps
Note on Terms
Acknowledgements
Preface
INTRODUCTION
PART I: FROM SYRIA TO JAPAN AND JAVA
Persia and Arabia
Characteristics of the Tradition
Into Central Asia
Meanwhile in the South
Further to the East
South and South-East Asia-the Region
North-East Asia-the Region
The Age in Transition
PART II: IN WORD AND PICTURE
In Word And Picture
Early Writings and Inscription in India
Central Asia and China
Conclusion
PART III: THE LEGACY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
The Evidence Reconsidered
Ventures in Interpretation
Questions to the Stories
Entering Upon a Legacy
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX