| Asia in the Making of Christianity: Conversion, Agency, and Indigeneity, 1600s to the Present Contributor(s): Young, Seitz |
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ISBN: 9004236627 ISBN-13: 9789004236622 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $167.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Religion | Christianity - General - Religion | Institutions & Organizations |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2013005143 |
| Series: Social Sciences in Asia |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.58 lbs) 466 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Drawing on first person accounts, Asia in the Making of Christianity studies conversion in the lives of Christians throughout Asia, past and present. Fifteen contributors treat perennial questions about conversion: continuity and discontinuity, conversion and communal conflict, and the politics of conversion. Some study individuals (An Chunggŭn of Korea, Liang Fa of China, Nehemiah Goreh of India), while others treat ethnolinguistic groups or large-scale movements. Converts sometimes appear as proto-nationalists, while others are suspected of cultural treason. Some transition effortlessly from leadership in one religious community into Christian ministry, while others re-convert to new forms of Christianity. The accounts collected here underscore the complexity of conversion, balancing individual agency with broader social trends and combining micro- with macrocontextual approaches. |
