| Contextualization of Sufi Spirituality in Seventeenth- And Eighteenth-Century China: The Role of Liu Zhi (C. 1662-C. 1730) Contributor(s): Lee, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0227176200 ISBN-13: 9780227176207 Publisher: James Clarke Company OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - Sufi - Religion | Mysticism - History | Asia - China |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.95 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic - Cultural Region - Chinese - Chronological Period - 17th Century |
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| Publisher Description: Liu Zhi (c1662-c1730), a well-known Muslim scholar writing in Chinese, published outstanding theological works, short treatises, and short poems on Islam. While traditional Arabic and Persian Islamic texts used unfamiliar concepts to explain Islam, Liu Zhi translated both text and concepts into Chinese culture. In this erudite volume, David Lee examines how Liu Zhi integrated the basic religious living of the monotheistic Hui Muslims into their pluralistic Chinese culture. Liu Zhi discussed the Prophet Muhammad in Confucian terms, and his work served as a bridge between peoples. This book is an in-depth study of Liu Zhi's contextualization of Islam within Chinese scholarship that argues his merging of the two never deviated from the basic principles of Islamic belief. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lee, David: - David Lee is Associate Professor of Theology at Evangel Seminary in Hong Kong. He has served as Senior Pastor in the Chinese Church of London. |