Introduction: "A Moment of Grace" -- pt. 1. Preparatory Phase -- 1. Lineamenta -- 2. Responses of the Asian Episcopal Conferences to the Lineamenta -- Catholic Bishops' Conference of India -- Catholic Bishops' Conference of Indonesia -- Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan -- Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea -- Catholic Bishops' Conference of Laos -- Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei -- Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines -- Catholic Bishops' Conference of Sri Lanka -- Catholic Bishops' Conference of Taiwan -- Catholic Bishops' Conference of Thailand -- Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam -- 3. Theological Evaluation -- Expectations from the Synod of Asia / Michael Amaladoss -- Responses of the Indonesian and Japanese Bishops to the Lineamenta / Jonathan Y. Tan -- 4. Instrumentum Laboris -- pt. 2. Synod in Action -- 5. What the Synod Participants Were Saying -- I. The Relatio ante Disceptationem -- II. Participants' Interventions -- Formation for Religious in the Context of Asian Realities Today / Arturo M. Bastes -- Women in the Church / Crisostomo A. Yalung -- Use of Mass Media in Evangelization / Ramon Villena -- Inculturation as Dialogue / Francisco Claver -- Evangelization and Culture / Leo Jun Ikenaga -- Pastoral Life in Asia and "The Principle of Graduality" / Berard T. Oshikawa -- World Peace and Evangelization in Asia / Stephen Fumio Hamao -- Baptism of Desire / Valerian D'Souza -- Indigenous and Tribal Peoples / Telesphore P. Toppo -- Leadership in the Church in Asia / Gratian Mundaban -- Bearing Witness to Jesus Christ in an Arab-Muslim World / Antoine Audo -- Oriental Churches of Western Asia / Cyrille Salim Bustros -- Church of China / John Tong Hon -- Church as Communion / Francis Hadisumaria -- Christianity and Buddhism / Bunluen Mansap -- Evangelization in Vietnam / Paul Nguyen Van Hoa -- Inculturation in the Context of the Veneration of Ancestors / Stephen Nguyen Nhu The -- 6. Synod in Discussion -- Report of Group Discussions: English Group A / Remigius Peter -- Report of Group Discussions: French Group B / Emile Destombes -- Report of Group Discussions: Italian Group / Armando Bortolasso -- 7. Synod's Propositions -- 8. Message of the Synod of Bishops for Asia -- 9. Ecclesia in Aisa: An Ecclesian Event -- pt. 3. Future of Asian Christianity -- 10. Looking into the Future -- 11. Synod for Asia: An Ecdesian Event of Communion and Shared Witness of Faith / Soosai Arokiasamy -- 12. Asian Churches' Awakening to Mission / James H. Kroeger -- 13. Challenges of Mission in Asia: A View from the Asian Synod / Luis Antonio Tagle -- 14. Mission in Asia: A Reflection on Ecclesia in Asia / Michael Amaladoss -- 15. Unfinished Encounter: A Note on the Voice and Tone of Ecclesia in Asia / John Mansford Prior -- 16. Ecclesia in Asia: Challenges for Asian Christianity / Peter C. Phan -- 17. Inculturation of Christianity into Asia: Reflections on the Asian Synod / Vu Kim Chinh -- 18. Of Fork and Spoon on Fingers and Chopsticks: Interreligious Dialogue in Ecclesia in Asia / Edmund Chia -- App. Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Ecclesia in Asia.

Christianities in Asia / edited by Peter C. Phan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: Asian Christianity/Christianities:  Which Asia? --  Which Christianity? --  Introducing Asian Christianities / Peter C. Phan --  

2.  India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma/Myanmar:  Local Basics --  Early Christian Presence in Mainland South Asia --  The First Attack on Contextualized South Asian Christianity --  A Second Attack on Contextualized South Asian Christianity --  Contextualization in Early Roman Catholicism Elsewhere in South Asia --  Protestant Contextualization- the Pietists --  The Baptists -- Laity and the Expansion of Christianity --  Contemporary Contextualisation in South Asia: Church, State, and People --  Violent Attacks Against Christian Churches --  Theological, Ecclesial, and Liturgical Contextualization --  The Performance of Christianity in South Asia --  Toward a Conclusion /  Elizabeth Koepping.

3. Sri Lanka:  The Land, its Make Up and the People --  The Portuguese Period --  The Dutch Period --  The British Period --  Independent Sri Lanka --  At the Turn of the Century --  The Present Scenario --  Process of Inculturation and Contextualized Theology --  Whither Sri Lanka? / Jeyaraj Rasiah --  

4.  Indonesia:  Language --  Cultural Diversity --  Christian Diversity --  Outward Form, Inner Spirit --  Christians and Muslims --  Papua: Dignity and Identity --  Ambon: Conflict and Reconciliation --  Sulawesi: Vibrant and Vocal --  East Nusa Tenggara: Christian Heartlands --  Bali: A Minority within a Minority --  Java: Indigenous Roots --  Java: Education --  Java: Art and Music --  Java: Movers and Shakers --  Jakarta: Pietism and Social Engagement --  Sumatra: Local Roots, National Leadership --  Future Prospects /  John Prior.

5.  Malaysia and Singapore:  The Countries and Their People --  Political, Culture, and Religious History --  British Imperialism and Racial and Ethnic Politics --  Christianity: Its Beginnings and Development --  Christianity: A Foreign Religion --  The Challenge of an Indigenous Church --  The Challenge of Islamization --  The Challenge of Ecumenism --  The Challenge of Church-State Relations --  The New and Growing Churches /  Edmund Kee-Fook Chia --  

6.  The Philippines:  Transplanting Spanish Catholicism --  Appropriating Christianity, Resisting Colonial Rule --  (Re)Building Mission --  Meeting National Challenges, Engaging the World --  "In But Not Of This World" /  José Mario C. Francisco --  

7.  Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand:  The Socialist Republic of Vietnam --  Cambodia, Loas, Thailand --  A Look Into the Future /  Peter C. Phan.

8.  Mainland China:  A New China --  World Christianity and Chinese Christianity --  Christianity with Chinese Characteristics --  Christianity and Chinese Society --  Christianity's Prospects in China /  Ying Fuk-tsang --  

9.  Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau:  Taiwan --  Hong Kong --  Macau /  Lo Lung-kwong --  

10.  Japan:  Introduction --  The Cultural Diversity of Christianity in Japan --  Roman Catholic Mission in Pre-Modern Japan --  Persecution and Martyrdom --  Hidden Christians --  The Second Phase of Christian Mission: Increasing Diversity --  State Shinto and the Christian Churches --  The Place of Nagasaki in Japanese Catholicism --  Postwar Developments --  The Wider Impact of Christianity: Education and Social Welfare --  Christianity as a Japanese Religion: Diverse Appropriations --  From "Paternal" to "Maternal" Religion --  Uchimura Kanzō and the Non-church Movement --  Inculturation and the Ancestors in Japanese Christianity --  "Christian" Weddings and the Rites of Passage --  Inter-Faith Dialogue --  Future Prospects /  Mark R. Mullins.

11.  South Korea:  Introduction --  The Beginning of Christianity in Korea --  Indigenous Christian Leaders, Past, and Present --  Christianity as an Agency of Modernization --  The Rise of Christianity Amidst Rapid Industrialization and Urbanization --  This-Worldly Orientation of Korean Protestantism --  Individual Religiosity of Christians --  The Future of Christianity in Korea /  Andrew Eungi Kim --  The Middle East:  The Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch --  The Church of the East --  Missionary Activity of  the Syriac Church --  Churches in Arabia --  The  Maronite Church --  The  Armenians in the Middle East --  The  Last Century /  Lois Farag --  Conclusion: Whither Asian Christianities?:  A Prospective Glance --  Future Directions: A Triple Dialogue --  Asian and Pentecostal /  Peter C. Phan.

Christianity 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.

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