3rd
A01=Hans-Joachim Klimkeit
A01=Ian Gilman
armenia
ASIA
Author_Hans-Joachim Klimkeit
Author_Ian Gilman
Bar Sauma
Category=QRAX
Category=QRM
Catherine's House
Central ASIA
century
early church history
East ASIA
Eastern Orthodoxy
Ephrem Syrus
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gama
Great Khans
Hold
interfaith encounters
Jewish Christianity
Khan Baliq
Khosrau II
lesser
Mar Aba
marco
Nestorian Christianity
Nestorian Church
North
Persian Christian communities
Plano Carpini
polo
Pope Innocent III
pre-modern Asian Christian movements
Pure Land Buddhism
Rabban Sauma
religious syncretism Asia
Shapur II
State Hermitage Museum
Syriac Christianity
syrian
theological traditions
thomas
Thomas Christians
Twelve Apostles
vasco
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780700710225
- Weight: 940g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 20 May 1999
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The history of Christianity in Asia is little dealt with either by Church historians or by historians of religion. It is generally unknown, even amongst theologians, that there was a long history of Christianity in Persia, India, Central Asia and China before the appearance on the scene of the first missionaries from the West. A systematic history of the Christian Church in Asia before 1500 is needed.
Drawing on material hitherto unknown in the English speaking world, this is a timely and important book because there is a heightened interest today in the early forms of Asian Christianity. The Church in Asia today seeks to find forms of religious expression that are in harmony with Asian culture as was the case in the earlier period.
The book covers the period up to 1500 CE. The geographical areas dealt with are Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Persia, India, Central and South East Asia, China and Japan. The book takes into account the outward development of the Church in these areas as well as the inner, theological issues.
Gilman, Ian; Klimkeit, Hans-Joachim
