Christianity in East and Southeast Asia / edited by Kenneth R. Ross, Francis D. Alvarez SJ and Todd M. Johnson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction.  A demographic profile of Christianity in East and Southeast Asia /  Gina A. Zurlo --  Christianity in East and Southeast Asia /  Francis D. Alvarez --  Countries. Mainland China (Protestant) /  Manhong Melissa Lin --  Mainland China (Catholic) /  Edmond Tang --  Mainland China (House Churches) /  David Ro --  Hong Kong /  Fuk-tsang Ying --  Macau /  Louis Ha --  Mongolia /  Bayarjargal Garamtseren --  Taiwan /  Yang-En Cheng --  North Korea /  Philo Kim --  South Korea /  Meehyun Chung --  Japan /  Akemi Kugimiya --  Myanmar /  Hrang Hlei --  Thailand /  Seree Lorgunpain and Sanurak Fongvarin --  Laos /  David Andrianoff --  Cambodia /  Barnabas Mam --  Vietnam /  Peter Phan --  Indonesia /  Sulistyowati Irianto --  Malaysia /  Hwa Yung --  Singapore /  Violet James --  Brunei /  Francis D. Alvarez and Kenneth R. Ross --  The Philippines /  Jayeel Cornelio --  Timor-Leste /  Filomeno Jacob --  Major Christian Traditions. Anglicans /  Ken Christoph Miyamoto --  Independents /  Editors --  Orthodox /  Nikolay Samoylov,  Ambrose-Aristotle Zographos --  Protestants /  Timothy Lim --  Catholics /  Daniel Franklin E. Pilario --  Evangelicals /  Kang-San Tan --  Pentecostals and charismatics /  Julie Ma --  Key Themes. Faith and culture /  Jose Mario C. Francisco --  Worship and spirituality /  Wonsuk Ma --  Theology /  Alexander Chow --  Social and political context /  Sebastian C.H. Kim --  Mission and evangelism /  Septemmy E. Lakawa --  Gender /  Sharon A. Bong --  Religious freedom /  Paul Marshall --  Inter-religious relations /  Sivin Kit --  Migration /  Maruja M.B. Asis --  Colonial and postcolonial context /  Wai Ching Angela Wong --  Conclusion. The future of Christianity in East and Southeast Asia /  Mary Ho --  Appendices. Christianity country --  Methodology and sources of Christian and religious affiliation /  Todd M. Johnson,  Gina A. Zurlo.

Taking the analysis of worldwide Christianity to a deeper level of detail, this volume focuses on Christianity in East and Southeast Asia, covering every country and offering both reliable demographic information and original interpretative essays by Indigenous scholars and practitioners.

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Shamanism and Christianity: models of religious encounters in East Asia / Yang Li

Religions 16 (2025)

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Abstract: When exploring interactions between Christianity and other religions in East Asia, the place given to the shamanic tradition remains ambiguous and marginal. This ar‑ ticle analyzes the religious encounters between shamanism and Christianity in East Asia through specific and representative case studies. This article is divided into three main parts. Section 1 introduces the core terms “shamanism” and “diffusionism”, explaining their general meanings and the specific ways they are used in this study, and provides a regional overview of the cases analyzed in this paper. Sections 2–4 present the historical context and analysis of religious encounters in regions such as Siberia, Mongolia, China (including Taiwan, Southwest China, and Northeast China), Korea, etc. Sections 5 and 6 seek to demonstrate that shamanism operates according to two models: the first character‑ ized by “segregation” and the second by “diffusion”, noting that these models exist on a dynamic continuum. In most historical situations, this study argues that shamanism ini‑ tially encountered Christianity in a segregation mode, often leading to significant conflicts between the two. Over time, as shamanism’s religious attributes weakened, it paradox‑ ically adapted to a diffusion model, integrating its ethos into other religions, including Christianity. The diffusion model has thus become an appropriate way to understand the current existent form of shamanism in East Asia.