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Family and Faith in Asia

Author : Paul H. De Neui
Publisher : William Carey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0878087478
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Family and Faith in Asia written by Paul H. De Neui and published by William Carey Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If Christian mission in Asia and most of the non-Western world is ever to advance, it must seriously consider the importance of family networks. Far too long the strategy of a “one by one” approach has stifled the spread of the gospel, reinforced a highly individualized unbiblical theology and destroyed social relationships that might lead to conversation, conversion and social transformation. With this concern in mind, SEANET is proud to present another volume in its series addressing critical missiological issues relevant to the practice of mission in Buddhist, Asian and many other contexts. Our title, Family and Faith in Asia: The Missional Impact of Extended Networks, attempts to issue a wake-up call to serious reflection on a highly ignored social reality in Buddhist and many other social contexts. The book is a resource useful for anyone wishing to study practical approaches to issues related to family and faith in Asia, particularly in Buddhist contexts for mission.

Emerging Faith

Author : Paul H. De Neui
Publisher : William Carey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1645082598
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Emerging Faith written by Paul H. De Neui and published by William Carey Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-05 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In non-Western contexts, Christianity has often been viewed as the religion of foreigners with a hidden political agenda. Sharing the gospel in non-imperialistic ways can be challenging, particularly in Asia. Every location to which God calls his messengers has its own rich history that should be shared with gospel workers and local people. Those desiring to serve interculturally must learn as much as possible about the past before joining that history. Are we learning from the past, or are we simply repeating the same mistakes in our own times and places? No culture in the world is a blank slate; rather, we can look for the initiating, inviting work of the missio Dei already emerging from within every surprising source. This book showcases the writings of sixteen reflective practitioners who offer insights based on their study and experience of history. These women and men come from a wide variety of cultural and theological backgrounds. Their stories include: An American who brought Protestant Buddhism to Sri Lanka A Norwegian Lutheran who started a Christian monastic community in Hong Kong A local scholar who led a faith movement in China that nearly overthrew the government A Thai villager who became an evangelist and a silent-film star Highlighting key people and places, Emerging Faith surveys several Christian movements found in the mission history of Asia. If you wish to challenge your thinking and respond to God’s invitation to participate in the global context, look here for encouragement and guidance.

Food, Faith and Gender in South Asia

Author : Nita Kumar
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN 13 : 1350137065
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Food, Faith and Gender in South Asia written by Nita Kumar and published by Bloomsbury Academic. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do women express individual agency when engaging in seemingly prescribed or approved practices such as religious fasting? How are sectarian identities played out in the performance of food piety? What do food practices tell us about how women negotiate changes in family relationships? This collection offers a variety of distinct perspectives on these questions. Organized thematically, areas explored include the subordination of women, the nature of resistance, boundary making and the construction of identity and community. Methodologically, the essays use imaginative reconstructions of women's experiences, particularly where the only accounts available are written by men. The essays focus on Hindus and Muslims in South Asia, Sri Lankan Buddhist women and South Asians in the diaspora in the US and UK. Pioneering new research into food and gender roles in South Asia, this will be of use to students of food studies, sociology, anthropology and cultural studies.

Asian and Pacific Presence

Author : Us Conference of Catholic Bishops
Publisher : USCCB Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781574554496
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (544 download)

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Download or read book Asian and Pacific Presence written by Us Conference of Catholic Bishops and published by USCCB Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As this moving pastoral statement presents, the rapidly growing Asian and Pacific American communities have helped the Church shine as a sacrament of unity and universality.

Christianity in East and Southeast Asia

Author : Ross Kenneth R. Ross
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474451632
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Christianity in East and Southeast Asia written by Ross Kenneth R. Ross and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking the analysis of worldwide Christianity to a deeper level of detail, this volume focuses on Christianity in East and Southeast Asia, covering every country and offering both reliable demographic information and original interpretative essays by indigenous scholars and practitioners. It maps patterns of growth and decline, assesses major traditions and movements, analyses key themes, and examines current trends. As a comprehensive account of the presence of Christianity in every country in East and Southeast Asia, this volume is set to become a standard work of reference in its field.

Shanghai Faithful

Author : Jennifer Lin
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 144225694X
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Shanghai Faithful written by Jennifer Lin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-02-16 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the next decade, China could be home to more Christians than any country in the world. Through the 150-year saga of a single family, this book vividly dramatizes the remarkable religious evolution of the world’s most populous nation. Shanghai Faithful is both a touching family memoir and a chronicle of the astonishing spread of Christianity in China. Five generations of the Lin family—buffeted by history’s crosscurrents and personal strife—bring to life an epoch that is still unfolding. A compelling cast—a poor fisherman, a doctor who treated opium addicts, an Ivy League–educated priest, and the charismatic preacher Watchman Nee—sets the bookin motion. Veteran journalist Jennifer Lin takes readers from remote nineteenth-century mission outposts to the thriving house churches and cathedrals of today’s China. The Lin family—and the book’s central figure, the Reverend Lin Pu-chi—offer witness to China’s tumultuous past, up to and beyond the betrayals and madness of the Cultural Revolution, when the family’s resolute faith led to years of suffering. Forgiveness and redemption bring the story full circle. With its sweep of history and the intimacy of long-hidden family stories, Shanghai Faithful offers a fresh look at Christianity in China—past, present, and future.

The Church in Asia

Author : Donald E. Hoke
Publisher : Moody Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 712 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Church in Asia written by Donald E. Hoke and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 1975 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Christian in the Land of the Gods

Author : Joanna Reed Shelton
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498224911
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book A Christian in the Land of the Gods written by Joanna Reed Shelton and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In November 1877, three months after Emperor Meiji's conscript army of commoners defeated forces led by Japan's famous "last samurai," the Reverend Tom Alexander and his new wife, Emma, arrived in Japan, a country where Christianity had been punishable by death until 1868. A Christian in the Land of the Gods offers an intimate view of hardships and challenges faced by nineteenth-century missionaries working to plant their faith in a country just emerging from two and a half centuries of self-imposed seclusion. The narrative takes place against the backdrop of wrenching change in Japan and Great Power jockeying for territory and influence in Asia, as seen through the eyes of a Presbyterian missionary from East Tennessee. This true story of personal sacrifice, devotion to duty, and unwavering faith sheds new light on Protestant missionaries' work with Japan's leading democracy activists and the missionaries' role in helping transform Japan from a nation ruled by shoguns, hereditary lords, and samurai to a leading industrial powerhouse. It addresses universal themes of love, loss, and the enduring power of faith. The narrative also proves that one seemingly ordinary person can change lives more than he or she ever realizes.

Religions in Asian America

Author : Pyong Gap Min
Publisher : AltaMira Press
ISBN 13 : 1461647622
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book Religions in Asian America written by Pyong Gap Min and published by AltaMira Press. This book was released on 2001-12-18 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The flux of Asian immigration over the last 35 years has deeply altered the United States' religious landscape. But neither social scientists nor religious scholars have fully appreciated the impact of these growing communities. And Asian immigrant religious communities are significant to the study of American religion not only because there are more than ten million Asian Americans. Asian American religions differ substantially from models drawn from European religions, pushing for new wider understandings. Religions in Asian America provides a comprehensive overview of the religious practices of Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian Americans. How these new communities work through issues of gender, race, transnationalism, income disparities and social service, and the passing along an ethnic identity to the next generation make up the common themes that reach across essays about the varying communities. The first sociological overview of Asian American religions, Religions in Asian America is necessary reading for those interested in Asians, ethnicity, immigration or religion in the United States.

Jesus in Asia

Author : R. S. Sugirtharajah
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674051130
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Jesus in Asia written by R. S. Sugirtharajah and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-19 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus in the sutras, stele, and suras -- The heavenly elder brother -- A Judean jnana-guru -- The non-existent Jesus -- A Jaffna man's Jesus -- Jesus as a Jain tirthankara -- An Upanishadic mystic -- A minjung messiah -- Jesus in a kimono -- Conclusion: Our Jesus, their Jesus

Religion, Hypermobility and Digital Media in Global Asia

Author : Catherine Gomes
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
ISBN 13 : 9048552109
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (485 download)

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Download or read book Religion, Hypermobility and Digital Media in Global Asia written by Catherine Gomes and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-18 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital media is changing the ways in which religion is practiced, understood, proselytised and countered. Religious institutions and leaders use digital media to engage with their congregations who now are not confined to single locations and physical structures. The faithful are part of online communities which allow them a space to worship and to find fellowship. Migrant and mobile subjects thus are able to be connected to their faith -- whether home grown or emerging -- wherever they may be, providing them with an anchor in unfamiliar physical and cultural surroundings. As Asia rises, mobilities associated with Asian populations have escalated. The notion of 'Global Asia' is a reflection of this increased mobility, where Asia includes not only Asian countries as sites of political independence, but also the transnational networks of Asian trans/migrants, and the diasporic settlements of Asian peoples all over the world. This collection features cutting edge research by scholars across disciplines seeking to understand the role and significance of religion among transnational mobile subjects in this age of digital media, and in particular, as experienced in Global Asia.

Christianity in Asia

Author : Pedro de Moura Carvalho
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789810996857
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book Christianity in Asia written by Pedro de Moura Carvalho and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition, Christianity in Asia: sacred art and visual splendour, presented at the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, from 27 May to 11 September 2016"--Title page verso.

Grassroots Asian Theology

Author : Simon Chan
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830895442
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Grassroots Asian Theology written by Simon Chan and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2014-05-02 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dynamic chapter of church history is now being written in Asia. But the theological inflections at its heart are not well understood by outsiders. Simon Chan explores Asian Christianity at its grassroots, sustaining level and finds a vibrant, implicit theology that is authentically Asian. More than a survey, this is a serious and constructive contribution to Asian theology.

Gender and Family in East Asia

Author : Siumi Maria Tam
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134738870
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book Gender and Family in East Asia written by Siumi Maria Tam and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The on-going reconfiguration of geo-political and economic forces across the globe has created a new institutional and moral environment for East Asian family life and gender dynamics. Indeed, modernisation in East Asia has brought about increases in women’s education levels and participation in the labour force, a delay in marriage age, lower birth rates, and smaller family size. And yet, despite the process of modernization, traditional systems such as Confucianism and patriarchal rules, continue to shape gender politics and family relationships in East Asia. This book examines gender politics and family culture in East Asia in light of both the overwhelming changes that modernization and globalization have brought to the region, and the structural restrictions that women in East Asian societies continue to face in their daily lives. Across three sections, the contributors to this volume focus on marriage and motherhood, religion and family, and migration. In doing so, they reveal how actions and decisions implemented by the state trigger changes in gender and family at the local level, the impact of increasing internal and transnational migration on East Asian culture, and how religion interweaves with the state in shaping gender dynamics and daily life within the family. With case studies from across the region, including South Korea, Japan, mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Asian studies, gender studies, anthropology, sociology and social policy.

War and Faith

Author : Carol Richmond Tsang
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 1684174570
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book War and Faith written by Carol Richmond Tsang and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "During the sengoku era--the period of ""warring provinces"" in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Japan--warlords vied for supremacy and sought to expand their influence over the realm. Powerful religious institutions also asserted their military might by calling upon their adherents to do battle against forces that threatened their spiritual and secular interests. The Honganji branch of Jodo Shinshu (True Pure Land Sect) Buddhism was one such powerhouse that exercised its military will by fanning violent uprisings of ikko ikki, loosely structured ""leagues of one mind"" made up of mostly commoners who banded together to fight for (or against) any number of causes--usually those advanced by the Honganji’s Patriarch. Carol Richmond Tsang delves into the complex and often contradictory relationship between these ikko leagues and the Honganji institution. Moving beyond the simplistic characterization of ikki as peasant uprisings, the author argues cogently for a fuller picture of ikko ikki as a force in medieval Japanese history. By exploring the political motivations and machinations of the Honganji and the diverse aims and allegiances of its ikko followers, Tsang complicates our understanding of ikko ikki as a multifaceted example of how religion and religious belief played out in a society in conflict."

The Oxford Handbook of Christianity in Asia

Author : Felix Wilfred
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0199329060
Total Pages : 685 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Christianity in Asia written by Felix Wilfred and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 685 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named by the International Bulletin of Missionary Studies as an Outstanding Book of 2014 for Mission Studies Despite the ongoing global expansion of Christianity, there remains a lack of comprehensive scholarship on its development in Asia. This volume fills the gap by exploring the world of Asian Christianity and its manifold expressions, including worship, theology, spirituality, inter-religious relations, interventions in society, and mission. The contributors, from over twenty countries, deconstruct many of the widespread misconceptions and interpretations of Christianity in Asia. They analyze how the growth of Christian beliefs throughout the continent is linked with the socio-political and cultural processes of colonization, decolonization, modernization, democratization, identity construction of social groups, and various social movements. With a particular focus on inter-religious encounters and emerging theological and spiritual paradigms, the volume provides alternative frames for understanding the phenomenon of conversion and studies how the scriptures of other religious traditions are used in the practice of Christianity within Asia.

Christianity in Oceania

Author : Kenneth R. Ross
Publisher : Edinburgh Companions to Global
ISBN 13 : 9781474480079
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Christianity in Oceania written by Kenneth R. Ross and published by Edinburgh Companions to Global. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exhaustive reference volume covers the state of Christianity in every country in Oceania, offering reliable demographic information and original interpretative essays by indigenous scholars and practitioners. It maps patterns of growth and decline, assesses major traditions and movements, analyses key themes and examines current trends.