The Luminous Way to the East explores the little-known story of an encounter of Christianity with Central and Eastern Asia that took place more than a thousand years ago. It provides a documented look at what was not only the first stage in the history of Christianity's dialogue with Asian cultural and religious traditions, but also one of the most extraordinary and fruitful moments in that history. The core of the book is a richly annotated English translation of the Chinese Christian documents produced in Tang China (618-907). It offers the reader an introduction to the extraordinary…mehr
The Luminous Way to the East explores the little-known story of an encounter of Christianity with Central and Eastern Asia that took place more than a thousand years ago. It provides a documented look at what was not only the first stage in the history of Christianity's dialogue with Asian cultural and religious traditions, but also one of the most extraordinary and fruitful moments in that history. The core of the book is a richly annotated English translation of the Chinese Christian documents produced in Tang China (618-907). It offers the reader an introduction to the extraordinary missionary diffusion of the Church of the East from the Middle to the Far East along the Silk Road.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Matteo Nicolini-Zani is a Catholic monk of the ecumenical Monastic Community of Bose, Italy, and a sinologist. As an independent scholar, he conducts historical and literary research on Christianity in China. He is the author of Christian Monks on Chinese Soil: A History of Monastic Missions to China.
Inhaltsangabe
* Foreword * Preface * Abbreviations * PART ONE: A History of Encounters * "The Luminous Breeze Blew Eastward": The Church of the East from Persia to China * "The Brilliant Teaching Turned toward the Tang Empire": The Christian Presence in China between 635 and 845 * "The Scriptures Were Translated": The First Christian Texts in Chinese * PART TWO: The Texts in Translation * Notes on Sources * Text A: "Stele of the Diffusion of the Luminous Teaching of Da Qin in China" * Text B: "Hymn in Praise of the Salvation Achieved through the Three Majesties of the Luminous Teaching" and "Book of the Honored" * Text C: "Discourse on the One God" * Text D: "Book of the Lord Messiah" * Text E: "Book on Profound and Mysterious Blessedness" * Text F: "Book of the Luminous Teaching of Da Qin on Unveiling the Origin and Attaining the Foundation" * Bibliography * Index of Names, Texts, and Manuscripts
* Foreword * Preface * Abbreviations * PART ONE: A History of Encounters * "The Luminous Breeze Blew Eastward": The Church of the East from Persia to China * "The Brilliant Teaching Turned toward the Tang Empire": The Christian Presence in China between 635 and 845 * "The Scriptures Were Translated": The First Christian Texts in Chinese * PART TWO: The Texts in Translation * Notes on Sources * Text A: "Stele of the Diffusion of the Luminous Teaching of Da Qin in China" * Text B: "Hymn in Praise of the Salvation Achieved through the Three Majesties of the Luminous Teaching" and "Book of the Honored" * Text C: "Discourse on the One God" * Text D: "Book of the Lord Messiah" * Text E: "Book on Profound and Mysterious Blessedness" * Text F: "Book of the Luminous Teaching of Da Qin on Unveiling the Origin and Attaining the Foundation" * Bibliography * Index of Names, Texts, and Manuscripts
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