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008			151216 2010 eng
020			_a9781405160896
035			_a(ELIB.Books)0000-3122
092			_a275 _bPHA
100			_aPhan, Peter C.
245			_aChristianities in Asia
260			_aMalden _bWiley-Blackwell _c2011
300			_axvii, 271 _c23 cm
440			_aBlackwell guides to global Christianity.
520			_aChristianity in Asia explores the history, development, and current state of Christianity across the world's largest and most populous continent. This book: offers detailed coverage of the growth of Christianity within South Asia, among the thousands of islands comprising Southeast Asia, and across countries whose Christian origins were historically linked, including Vietnam, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea; brings together a truly international team of contributors, many of whom are natives of the countries they are writing about; Considers the Middle Eastern countries whose Christian roots are deepest, yet have turbulent histories and uncertain futures; Explores the ways in which Christians in Asian countries have received and transformed Christianity into their local or indigenous religion; Shows Christianity to be a vibrant contemporary movement in many Asian countries, despite its comparatively minority status in these regions. - Publisher.
650			_aChristianity -- Asia. Christianity. Asia.
900			_a05649
998			_a _cbat _e20151216 _mcat _u20200730
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