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100			_aMoffett, Samuel Hugh
245			_aA history of christianity in Asia, vol. I _bBeginnings to 1500
260			_aMaryknoll _bOrbis _c1998
300			_axxvi, 560 _c20 cm
440			_aAmerican Society of Missiology series, no. 36.
520			_a 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. --
650			_aAsia -- Church history. 11.50 church history and history of doctrine: general. Asia. Christendom.
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