Asia in the making of Christianity : conversion, agency, and indigeneity, 1600s to the present /
Asia in the making of Christianity : conversion, agency, and indigeneity, 1600s to the present /
edited by Richard Fox Young and Jonathan A. Seitz.
- 1 online resource
- Social sciences in Asia, v. 35 1567-2794 ; .
- Social sciences in Asia ; v. 35. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Have the Mitdes Gone Silent? Conversion, Rhetoric, and the Continuing Importance of the Lower Deities in Northeast IndiaPART II: CONFLICTED MEANINGS, MEANINGFUL CONFLICTS ; Is Conversion to Christianity Pantheon Theocide? Fragility and Durability in Early Diasporic Chinese Protestantism; Conversion without ""Commotion"": Rev. Lal Behari Day's Candramukhīr Upākhyān (Story of Candramukhī); Loss and Gain: An 'Intellectualist' Conversion and Its Socio-Cognitive Calculus in the Hindu-Christian Life of Nehemiah Goreh. The Enigma of Christian Conversion in Modern Japan: The Case of Two Buddhist Priests"Becoming Faithful": Conversion, Syncretism, and the Interreligious Hermeneutical Strategies of the "Faithful of Jesus" (Īsā īmāndārs) in Today's Bangladesh; PART III: THE POLITICS OF CONVERSION AND THE CONVERSION OF POLITICS ; Does the Divine Physician Have an Unfair Advantage? Healing and the Politics of Conversion in Twentieth-Century India; Conversion and Moral Ambiguity: An Chunggŭn, Nationalism and the Catholic Church in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Korea. Connecting Disconnections: Troubling Meanings of Christian Conversion in Imperial North IndiaThe Illusion of Conversion: Śiva Meets Mary at Vēḷāṅkaṇṇi in Southern India; Conversion to Christianity among the Thai and Sino-Thai of Modern Thailand: Growth, Experimentation, and Networking in the Contemporary Context; Select Bibliography; Index.
Asia in the Making of Christianity studies the experience of converts from fifteen locations throughout Asia, using a variety of approaches to examine the meaning of becoming Christian. The book addresses and assesses models under debate for understanding religious conversion.
9789004251298 9004251294 9781299561199 1299561195
10.1163/9789004251298
487369 MIL
Christian converts--Asia--Biography.
Convertis chrétiens--Asie--Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Religious.
RELIGION--Christianity--History.
Christian converts
Asia--Church history.
Asie--Histoire religieuse.
Asia
collective biographies.
Biographies
Church history
Biographies.
Biographies.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Have the Mitdes Gone Silent? Conversion, Rhetoric, and the Continuing Importance of the Lower Deities in Northeast IndiaPART II: CONFLICTED MEANINGS, MEANINGFUL CONFLICTS ; Is Conversion to Christianity Pantheon Theocide? Fragility and Durability in Early Diasporic Chinese Protestantism; Conversion without ""Commotion"": Rev. Lal Behari Day's Candramukhīr Upākhyān (Story of Candramukhī); Loss and Gain: An 'Intellectualist' Conversion and Its Socio-Cognitive Calculus in the Hindu-Christian Life of Nehemiah Goreh. The Enigma of Christian Conversion in Modern Japan: The Case of Two Buddhist Priests"Becoming Faithful": Conversion, Syncretism, and the Interreligious Hermeneutical Strategies of the "Faithful of Jesus" (Īsā īmāndārs) in Today's Bangladesh; PART III: THE POLITICS OF CONVERSION AND THE CONVERSION OF POLITICS ; Does the Divine Physician Have an Unfair Advantage? Healing and the Politics of Conversion in Twentieth-Century India; Conversion and Moral Ambiguity: An Chunggŭn, Nationalism and the Catholic Church in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Korea. Connecting Disconnections: Troubling Meanings of Christian Conversion in Imperial North IndiaThe Illusion of Conversion: Śiva Meets Mary at Vēḷāṅkaṇṇi in Southern India; Conversion to Christianity among the Thai and Sino-Thai of Modern Thailand: Growth, Experimentation, and Networking in the Contemporary Context; Select Bibliography; Index.
Asia in the Making of Christianity studies the experience of converts from fifteen locations throughout Asia, using a variety of approaches to examine the meaning of becoming Christian. The book addresses and assesses models under debate for understanding religious conversion.
9789004251298 9004251294 9781299561199 1299561195
10.1163/9789004251298
487369 MIL
Christian converts--Asia--Biography.
Convertis chrétiens--Asie--Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Religious.
RELIGION--Christianity--History.
Christian converts
Asia--Church history.
Asie--Histoire religieuse.
Asia
collective biographies.
Biographies
Church history
Biographies.
Biographies.
BR1065 / .A8525 2013eb
275