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A History of Christianity in Asia: 1500-1900

Samuel H. Moffett

出版	Orbis Books, 2005
主題	History / Asia / GeneralReligion / Christianity / HistoryReligion / EasternReligion / Christian Church / History
ISBN	15707545009781570754500
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=VEcKAQAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

The story of Christianity in the West has often been told, but the history of Christianity in the East is not as well known. The seed was the same: the good news of Jesus Christ for the whole world, which Christians call "the gospel." But it was sown by different sowers; it was planted in different soil; it grew with a different flavor; and it was gathered by different reapers. It is too often forgotten that the faith moved east across Asia as early as it moved west into Europe. Western church history tends to follow Paul to Philippi and to Rome and on across Europe to the conversion of Constantine and the barbarians. With some outstanding exceptions, only intermittently has the West looked beyond Constantinople as its center. It was a Christianity that has for centuries remained unashamedly Asian. A History of Christianity in Asia makes available immense amounts of research on religious pluralism of Asia and how Christianity spread long before the modern missionary movement went forth in the shelter of Western military might. Invaluable for historians of Asia and scholars of mission, it is stimulating for all readers interested in Christian history. - Publisher.