Religious mission and Religious Conversion Books
Peter Lang AG Lay People in the Asian Church: A Critical Study
Book SynopsisThis book investigates the role of the laity in the Asian Church. Lay people have three responsibilities: proclaiming the Gospel, be a witness of life, and the triple dialogue with the cultures, the religions, and the poor. Focusing on the triple dialogue, the bishops of Asia have offered fresh ideas to address three global trends in society: the revolution in communications technologies which blurs the cultures; the conflicts between followers of different religions; and the advance of globalisation which leaves in its aftermath the poverty of the masses.Trade Review«Readers will certainly take away a lot from the reflections on issues of ecclesiology and pastoral ministry dealt with by both Vatican II and the Asian church.» (Edmund Kee-Fook Chia, The Australasian Catholic Record Vol. 93, No.3/2016)Table of ContentsContents: Theology of the laity – Mission of Asian Christians – Contextual theology of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences – The lay faithful in John Paul II’s Ecclesia in Asia, Mission of the Church in the pastoral letters of the Vietnamese Bishops – Models of the Asian Church – Theological methodologies.
£56.97
Peter Lang AG Dynamics of international mission in the
Book SynopsisThis book assesses the conceptualisation of international mission in the Methodist Church Ghana. It demonstrates that Ghanaian Methodists possess a robust ecclesiology with roots in the Akan concept of «abusua» and an evangelical theology rooted in John Wesley. The author gives interpretations to the ways mission takes place and proposes twelve models of mission whereby members of diasporic communities are agents of mission. As mission is seen a responsibility of the whole church, mission is a common theme related to the migration of Ghanaian Methodists to other contexts, often understood in terms of in the global North. The church’s presence in North America and Europe presents challenges and opportunities that must be negotiated in a broader Methodist mainline milieu.Table of ContentsAfrica – Diaspora – World Christianity – Migration – Methodist – Ghana – Post-colonial – Christendom – Ecumenical – Territorial Christianity – Mainline, evangelical, models of diaspora mission – Church planting – Wesley – Ecclesiology – Polity – E-scale – Missional church – Conciliar – Majority world – Europe – North America
£63.99
Peter Lang AG Clemente lo Stromateo : fama e oscurità Rassegna
Book SynopsisLa presente monografia si propone una nuova indagine sull'identità storica e letteraria di Clemente di Alessandria, lo Stromateo, titolo costantemente ricorrente nelle fonti che di lui trattano. Il lavoro si divide in due parti: la prima propone la ricostruzione della biografia clementina a partire dalle testimonianze autobiografiche, concentrando l'attenzione sulla formazione e sulla presumibile conversione dello Stromateo; la seconda parte del lavoro tenta di ricomporre la biografia dell''Alessandrino sulla base dei Testimoniagreci di III-XVI secolo. Le notizie che leggiamo nell'una e nell'altra fonte riguardano anche il ruolo di Clemente all'interno della Chiesa e del Didaska-leion di Alessandria.
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Peter Lang AG Liebe und Sein: Die ontologische Grundrelation
Book SynopsisHeideggers Ontologie endet beim Aufgang des Heiligen, in dessen Huld das Seiende die Gewähr findet, zu sein. Ist dies nicht eine schöpferische Liebe? Und ist nicht sie schon immer der Referenzpunkt alles Bleibenden? Die Untersuchung verbindet die Seinsfrage mit dem christlichen Kern. Sie harmonieren ausgezeichnet, ist doch dem einen Weite, dem anderen Substanz gegeben. Profiteur ist ein Sein, das zum Mysterium geraten war. Das Sein in Relation ist wieder ein begreifbares, - das real Existierende, das nach seiner Bejahung fragt. Der Autor wendet die bekannte Frage, ob Heideggers Philosophie christlich sei, dahin, ob die getrennten Konfessionen es denn sind. Denn was sie predigen das neue Sein der Liebe und Versöhnung - will auch gelebt sein. Wann wird die Theorie ihren ökumenischen Praxistest bestehen? Ein Christentum, das mit sich selbst ins Reine kommt, wird auch seiner Seins-Verantwortung gerecht.
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Peter Lang AG Prozessanthropologie: Ein transdisziplinaerer
Book SynopsisEine Anthropologie für die Pastoralpsychologie stellt ein Desiderat dar, das in der Entwicklung dieser Disziplin offen geblieben ist. Dieses Buch gibt Antwort auf die Suche nach einer anthropologischen Grundlegung mit einer eigenen Konstellation: Die organistische Philosophie Alfred North Whiteheads wird mit der analytischen Psychologie Carl Gustav Jungs und einzelnen Aussagen theologischer Anthropologie Pierre Teilhard de Chardins und Karl Rahners in Verbindung gebracht. So entsteht eine Prozessanthropologie, die thematische Gegenüberstellungen zu Konturen dieser Anthropologie führt und zu Optionen für die tiefenpsychologische Ausrichtung der Pastoralpsychologie kommt.
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Peter Lang AG Theologie der Religionen: Gesammelte Schriften
Book SynopsisDer Band setzt sich mit der Frage auseinander, wie sich der christliche Glaube zu den nichtchristlichen Religionen und deren Wahrheitsansprüchen verhält. Der Autor versammelt seine religionstheologischen Aufsätze der letzten 25 Jahre und ordnet sie nach systematischen Gesichtspunkten. In unterschiedlichen Argumentationszusammenhängen und unter verschiedenen Aspekten entwickelt er eine Methode der Religionstheologie, die sich vom Mainstream unterscheidet und von der Problematik des Offenbarungsbegriffs ausgeht und wie sie von der christlichen Botschaft beantwortet wird. Hierzu entwickelt der Autor einen interioristischen Zugang zu den Religionen, der auf der Basis des christlichen Glaubens anderen Religionen anders als im Inklusivismus unüberbietbare Wahrheit zuerkennen kann, ohne dabei wie im Pluralismus die christliche Wahrheit zu relativieren. Damit setzt dieser Band auch neue Akzente im christlich-jüdischen wie im christlich-islamischen Verhältnis.
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Peter Lang AG Protestantismus heute: Potentiale - Pathologien -
Book SynopsisMit der neuzeitlichen Säkularisierung verliert auch der Protestantismus seinen Volkskirchencharakter. Das hat eine Neuorientierung zur Folge. An die Stelledes theistischen Gottesbildes tritt das Paradox vom abwesenden Gott. Der Autor interpretiert das Glaubensparadox als Widerfahrnis von Befreiung und Verpflichtung durch den Anderen in der Spur Gottes. Er diskutiert diese für die Zivilgesellschaft relevanten Potentiale mit Feministischer Theologie, mit der Umgestaltung des Erlösungschristentums in einen Protestantismus der Versöhnung mit unserer Endlichkeit und der Schöpfungswelt. Vom methodischen Gesichtspunkt wählt der Autor einen phänomenologisch-dekonstruktiven Ansatz im Gespräch mit Bonhoeffer, Nancy, Levinas und mit der protestantischen Tradition.
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Peter Lang AG Raum: Interdisziplinaere Aspekte zum Verstaendnis
Book SynopsisSowohl im Alltag als auch in den Wissenschaften leben wir in Räumen und diese bestimmen unser Werden: seien es Räume, die wir täglich begehen, oder sei es der Raum ganz grundlegend, als physikalischer, psychologischer oder philosophischer Raum. Alles Geschehen und Werden ist somit in den Raum oder in Räume eingebettet. Auch im christlichen Glauben sind wir in einen Raum gestellt: den des dreieinigen Gottes. Die Fragen, was all diese Räume sind und wie sie sich zueinander verhalten, sind grundlegend und kaum zu unterschätzen. Sie bestimmen unsere Wahrnehmung und unser Handeln. Schon Karl Heim als Pionier des Dialogs zwischen Theologie und den Naturwissenschaften hatte die Bestimmung der Räume zu seiner Grundaufgabe gemacht. Heute stellt sich die Frage neu und sucht nach neuen Antworten.
£31.35
Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften Élie, Le Prophète. d'Après Les Pères de l'Église
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Lit Verlag Mission for Diversity: Exploring Christian
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Lit Verlag The Bahurutshe: Historical Events, Culture and
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£25.65
Lit Verlag Mission in Solidarity - Life in Abundance for
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Neukirchener Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Beiträge zu Evangelisation und
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Transcript Verlag American Missionaries in the Ottoman Empire – A
Book SynopsisThis book is a metaphor based analysis of the texts produced by the missionaries of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in the Ottoman Empire between 1820-1898. It explores the conceptual metaphor networks inherent to the official missionary discourse. The explication of these networks uncovers how the missionaries defined and depicted themselves and what they encountered. Being a synthesis of literary studies, linguistics, cultural history, and religious studies the work analyzes the missionary narrative in its historical context by applying literary, narratological, and linguistic tools.
£33.14
V&R unipress GmbH Faith-based Organisations in Ethiopia: The
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V&R unipress GmbH Eine baltisch-adlige Missionarin bewegt Europa:
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V&R unipress GmbH Mission im Kontext Europas: Interdisziplinare
Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary volume sheds light on the socio-religious and socio-cultural situation in Europe and discusses the current status of missiology in the European context from the perspective of religious philosophy, religious studies, jurisprudence and Protestant and Catholic theology. Its aim is to contribute to a modern, plural reflective understanding of mission. Mission is not propagated as a covert or open proselytism, but understood as a holistic approach to people in search of a successful life in accordance with the gospel. Mission therefore means clairaudience for the spiritual search of people as well as, if necessary, concrete Caritas or political engagement for the weak and marginalized groups. The scientific discourse is supposed to free the taboo topic mission from the narrowing of historical burdens and make it understandable as a socially highly topical phenomenon.
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VTR Publications Das Gewissen in Kultur und Religion
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HarperChristian Resources Alpha Guide, Russian Edition
Book SynopsisThis discussion guide is a companion to either the Alpha Film Series or Alpha with Nicky Gumbel. This guide is divided up by session with an easy-to-read outline so that guests can follow along during each talk. With simple bullet-point organization and plenty of room for notes, the guide functions as an invaluable resource to the guest during Alpha, and as a reference tool for individual reflection long after Alpha. It is considered an essential resource for Alpha guests as well as the host and helpers on Alpha.Alpha creates an environment of hospitality where people can bring their friends, family and work colleagues to explore the Christian faith, ask questions and share their point of view. Alpha makes it easy to invite friends to have spiritual conversations which explore life's biggest questions in a safe and respectful way.Alpha's approach to hospitality, faith, and discussion is designed to welcome everyone, especially those who might not describe themselves as Christians or church-goers. Each session includes time for a large group meal, short teaching and small group discussion. This resource is written in Russian.
£9.27
HarperChristian Resources Why Jesus? Russian Edition
Book SynopsisWhy Jesus? is a concise and easy-to-read study of the very real questions surrounding Jesus that your guests might be thinking about when first attending your church or Alpha: Who is Jesus? Why do we need Him? Why did He have to die? Why is He relevant to my life today? These booklets are an effective evangelistic tool to pass out to guests at your services or at Alpha, sharing the Gospel in a warm and relevant way. Alpha is based on a pattern found in the New Testament of people bringing their friends, family, and work colleagues to meet Jesus. Alpha is an easy way to say to friends, "Come and see, come and explore your questions, come and hear about Jesus, come and see for yourself." Everyone is welcome at Alpha, but the program is designed especially for people who would not describe themselves as Christians or church-goers.This resource is written in Russian.
£5.36
Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Millennium Mission: The Issues: Ministerial
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Vida Publishers Cambios Profundos: Cuando El Evangelio Transforma
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Vida Publishers La Predicación: Comunicando El Mensaje Con
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Vida Publishers Guía Práctica Para El Discipulado Y Las Misiones:
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£8.99
Gregorian & Biblical Press Giovanni Genocchi and Indians of South America
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Gregorian & Biblical Press Chiesa E' Missionaria Per Sua Natura (Ag2)
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Brill Relocating World Christianity: Interdisciplinary Studies in Universal and Local Expressions of the Christian Faith
Book SynopsisExisting scholarship on World Christianities tends to privilege the local and the regional. In addition to offering an explanation for this tendency, the editors and contributors of this volume also offer a new perspective. An Introduction, Afterword and case-studies argue for the importance of transregional connections in the study of Christianity worldwide. Returning to an older post-war conception of ‘World Christianity’ as an international, ecumenical fellowship, the present volume aims to highlight the universalist, globalising aspirations of many Christians worldwide. While we do not neglect the importance of the local, our aim is to give due weight to the significant transregional networks and exchanges that have constituted Christian communities, both historically and in the present day. Contributors are: J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, Naures Atto, Joel Cabrita, Pedro Feitoza, David C. Kirkpatrick, Chandra Mallampalli, David Maxwell, Dorottya Nagy, Peter C. Phan, Andrew Preston, Joel Robbins, Chloe Starr, Charlotte Walker-Said, Emma Wild-Wood.Trade Review"(...) readers will appreciate that the critical evaluation and resulting research agenda is grounded through carefully selected topics and contributors. Thus, not only are all the individual chapters excellent, but also there is a synthesis of ideas maintained throughout. On balance, the fresh perspectives found in these pages make this undoubtedly one of the most important books on World Christianity scholarship in recent years." Corey L. Williams, Leiden University, in: International Review of Mission, Volume 107.2 (2018). "A generation has passed since the idea of “World Christianity” burst upon the scholarly scene. Given that scholarship must build upon, reinterpret, and critique the work of previous generations, it is no surprise that multiple stakeholders are now reassessing the concept. Relocating World Christianity, edited by Joel Cabrita, David Maxwell, and Emma Wild-Wood, ranks highly among efforts to accomplish this task. (...) Each essay is well done and fascinating in its own right, though some essays are more useful than others for illuminating the core purpose of the volume. Each happily includes the luxury of a substantial bibliography, thereby adding to the value of the book." Dana L. Robert, Boston University, in: International Bulletin of Mission Research, 05 October 2018.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations Contributors Introduction: Relocating World Christianity Joel Cabrita and David Maxwell Connections and Comparisons 1 Historical Perspectives on Christianity Worldwide: Connections, Comparisons and Consciousness David Maxwell 2 British Missions and the Making of a Brazilian Protestant Public Pedro Feitoza 3 Parachurch Competition in the Latin American Religious Marketplace: Scriptural Inerrancy and the Reshaping of Global Protestant Evangelicalism David C. Kirkpatrick Locating Knowledge 4 Doing Theology in World Christianities: Old Tasks, New Ways Peter C. Phan 5 World Christianity as a Theological Approach: A Reflection on Central and Eastern Europe Dorottya Nagy 6 The Orientalist Framework of Christian Conversion in India: Three Venues of ‘Inducement’ from Colonial Times to the Present Chandra Mallampalli Place and Belonging in World Christianity 7 Christian Social Movements in Cameroon at the End of Empire: Transnational Solidarities and the Communion of the World Church Charlotte Walker-Said 8 Maintaining Faith in the Chinese World Chloë Starr 9 Anthropological Perspectives on World Christianity Joel Robbins Migration and Diaspora 10 Defender of the Faith: The United States and World Christianity Andrew Preston 11 The Death Throes of Indigenous Christians in the Middle East: Assyrians Living Under the Islamic State Naures Atto 12 Symbolising Charismatic Influence: Contemporary African Pentecostalism and its Global Aspirations J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu Afterword: Relocating Unity and Theology in the Study of World Christianity Emma Wild-Wood Index
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Brill Christianity, Empire and the Spirit: (Re)Configuring Faith and the Cultural
Book SynopsisIn Christianity, Empire and The Spirit, Néstor Medina uncovers the cultural processes that play a crucial role in influencing how people understand reality, express the Christian faith, and think about God. He uses decolonial thinking, Latina/o theology, and Pentecostal theology to show how the cultural dimension is a central feature in the biblical text; was the force that coopted Christianity from the imperial era of Constantine onwards; and undergirded Western European colonialism and the missionary project. He engages with Protestant and Catholic articulations on “culture” and demonstrates how most theologians perpetuate Eurocentric frames for considering the relation between Christianity and the cultural dimension. Alternatively, he offers a theological proposal that recognizes the Spirit at work in the phenomena of cultures.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction The Problem with “Culture” The Cultural The Chapters 1. Toward a Broad Description of the Cultural Introduction Social Dimension of the Cultural Contested Nature of Cultural Traditions The Dynamic between Cultures The Dynamic Character of Cultures The Breadth of the Cultural Religion (Christianity) as a Cultural Element The Cultural and Theology Concluding Comments 2. Culture in Early Christianity Introduction The Bible as Cultural Document The Early Christians and the Cultural 3. The Cultural on the Other Side of the Imperial Mirror Introduction The Emergence of “Western Europe” Constructing Knowledge Systems about the Rest of the World Western European Imperialism: A Cultural Project 4. The Cultural, Missions, and Mainline Protestants Theologians Introduction Protestant Missions and Evangelization as Extension of Empire (Re)Connecting Christianity and Culture (the Cultural) among Protestants Reestablishing the Connections 5. Richard Niebuhr and the Enduring Debate Introduction Introduction Richard Niebuhr’s Christ and Culture Niebuhr’s Christ and Culture Reformulated? Bridging the Debates on the Cultural 6. Reviving the Debates on Christ and Culture in Contemporary Protestantism Introduction The WCC and the Rethinking of Gospel and Culture Rethinking the Role of the Cultural in the Christian Faith Conclusion 7. Inculturation, the Catholic Church and the Cultures of the World Introduction Evangelization and Assimilation Geopolitical Shifts and the Cultures of the World The Culturalization of the Church: Evangelization, and Inculturation Gospel and the Cultural: Theological Implications Conclusion 8. Understanding the Cultural Pneumatologically Introduction Culture as Starting Point and Base for Our Reflection The (Inter)Cultural and Divine Revelation Final Remarks Conclusion Index
£65.55
Brill Gathering Souls: Jesuit Missions and Missionaries
Book SynopsisThis essay deals with the missionary work of the Society of Jesus in today’s Micronesia from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Although the Jesuit missionaries wanted to reach Japan and other Pacific islands, such as the Palau and Caroline archipelagos, the crown encouraged them to stay in the Marianas until 1769 (when the Society of Jesus was expelled from the Philippines) to evangelize the native Chamorros as well as to reinforce the Spanish presence on the fringes of the Pacific empire. In 1859, a group of Jesuit missionaries returned to the Philippines, but they never officially set foot on the Marianas during the nineteenth century. It was not until the twentieth century that they went back to Micronesia, taking charge of the mission on the Northern Marianas along with the Caroline and Marshall Islands, thus returning to one of the cradles of Jesuit martyrdom in Oceania.Trade Review“This impressively erudite essay provides a condensed but informative history of Jesuit missionary engagement in Micronesia.” John Barker, University of British Columbia. In: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 72, No. 1 (2021), pp. 200–201. “Alexandre Coello de la Rosa offers a brief history of the Jesuit missions in Micronesia from arrival in the Marianas Islands in 1668 to the conclusion of World War II in 1945. The fifteen high-quality images, sixteen sections, over four hundred footnotes, and a bibliography of fourteen pages made for an instructive narrative. I recommend this book as an overview of the Jesuits in Micronesia. In addition, Coello’s wide use of scholars of Pacific Islands studies has much to teach a worldwide audience. The author introduces the global mission of the Society of Jesus and “global modernity in the Iberian colonial empires,” connecting histories of the Jesuits from the Pacific Ocean to Atlantic histories, the Spanish monarchy, and world history, all in a worthy endeavor.” James B. Tueller, Brigham Young University, Hawaii. In: Journal of Jesuit Studies, Vol. 7, No. 4 (2020), pp. 673–675.Table of ContentsIntroduction The Arrival of the Jesuits in the Philippines The Marianas as Part of the Universal Christian Project Gathering Souls at the Margins of the Spanish Empire To Retain or Abandon the Marianas? Corruption, Greed, and Misgovernment New Spiritual and Geopolitical Configurations The Baroque Theater of Power Lights and Shadows: The Virgin of Our Lady of Light A New Foothold in the Nineteenth-Century Carolines Twentieth-Century Jesuits at the Crossroads of the New Pacific World Empires Chuuk Yap Palau and Pohnpei The Marshall Islands Conclusion
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Brill The Jesuit Encounters with Islam in the
Book SynopsisThis book explores the strategies adopted by the Jesuit missions under the Portuguese and Spanish patronage before Islamic powers such as the Mughal Empire in South Asia and the expansion of Islam in the Southeast Asian peripheries. Based on a comparative perspective, this book examines the interconnections between the Jesuit proselytizing activities and the imperial projects of the Iberian crowns in Asia, highlighting the role of the Jesuit missionaries operating in Asian Islamic settings as diplomatic and cultural mediators. It is aimed at researchers and students working on Jesuit missions in South Asia, the Portuguese and Spanish empires in Asia, early modern cross-cultural diplomacy, early modern travel accounts, and early modern ethnography.Table of ContentsContents Preliminary Note Abstract Keywords 1 Introduction 2 Jesuits and Islam in the Portuguese Estado the Índia 3 Diplomacy and Proselytizing in the Deccan: The Jesuit Missions to Bijapur (c.1561–1667) 4 Hoping for a New Constantine: the Jesuit Mission to the Mughal Court (1580–1773) 5 Jesuit–Islam Interaction in the Southern Philippines and the Moluccas (Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries) 6 Mindanao, Sulu, and the Spanish–Moro Wars (Seventeenth Century) 7 Mindanao, Sulu, and the Spanish–Moro Wars (Eighteenth Century) 8 Conclusion Bibliography
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Brill Ite missa est—Ritual Interactions around Mass in
Book SynopsisThis study is the first book that explores how the Catholic Mass was introduced and propagated in late Imperial China. Its dynamic exploration reveals the tension between localized and global forms of Catholic rituals, especially the tension faced by missionaries and Chinese Catholics, who were caught up between the Chinese tradition and the Catholic one. Drawing on rich primary sources, some of which are rarely noticed in the field, this book unfolds the intriguing interactions between the Mass and various cultural expressions of Chinese society, including traditional religion, architecture, art, literature, government, and theology.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations Introduction to Ritual Interactions around Mass 1 Prologue 2 Paradigm of Ritual Interaction 3 Ite Missa Est 4 Structure and Sources 1 Object of Worship: Grand Ritual of Sacrifice to the Lord of Heaven 1 The Lord of Heaven as Object of Worship 2 Jesus as Object of Worship in Mass 3 Conclusion 2 Intention of Worship: Mass for Salvation of the Souls of the Deceased 1 Salvation of the Souls of the Deceased at Catholic Funeral 2 Relationship between Mass and Sacrifice to Ancestors 3 Salvation of Souls of the Deceased in the Communion of Merits 4 Conclusion 3 Performer of Worship: Indigenous Clergy along with Indigenous Liturgy 1 Catholic Priest’s Multiple Identities in China 2 Anticlericalism against the Teaching of the Lord of Heaven 3 Indigenous Clergy and Indigenous Liturgy 4 Conclusion 4 Place of Worship: Ritual Space and Ritual Time of Mass 1 Ritual Space of Mass 2 Ritual Time of Mass 3 Christendom in Chinese Society 4 Conclusion 5 On-Going Interactions 1 Glocalization of Catholic Rituals in Chinese Society 2 Applications of the Metaphor of Weaving 3 Tension between Inheritance and Adaptation 4 The Intermediary Bibliography Index
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European Interuniversity Press Chasseurs De Diables Et Collecteurs D'art:
Book SynopsisCet ouvrage se penche sur le concept de conversion et évalue sa pertinence à la lumière de l'ethnographie d'une population de Papouasie occidentale, les Asmat. Son originalité tient au caractère récent de l'évangélisation (depuis 1953), à la transformation de pratiques culturelles asmat complexes telles que la chasse aux têtes, et à la présence simultanée de missionnaires catholiques et protestants (essentiellement croisiers et évangéliques). Réalisé en des circonstances politiques tendues, l'ouvrage compare ces missions d'un point de vue anthropologique et ecclésiologique et leur influence réciproque sur les populations. Au-delà du champ strictement religieux, l'évangélisation se décline dans de nombreux domaines de la vie : architecture, dation du nom, organisation du temps, alimentation, sorcellerie, relations familiales, ancestralité, rapports entre l'homme et la nature, parures corporelles, sexualité, funérailles, etc. Complétant cette étude, une anthropologie du missionnaire pionnier grâce à l'immersion du chercheur dans les communautés et les familles missionnaires est également proposée. Enfin, les notions de chrétien et de converti sont au cœur d'une polémique divisant ceux qui se revendiquent de la foi chrétienne. Dans les débats d'idées sur la conversion apparaît un vide théorique qu'un nouveau concept s'apprête à combler : l'enchristianisation.
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Leuven University Press Eloquent Images: Evangelisation, Conversion and
Book SynopsisThe Christian image in the process of modern globalisation Drawing on original research covering different periods and spaces, this book sets out to appreciate the specific place of images in the history of evangelisation in the long modern period. How can we reconceptualise the functions of the visual mediation of the gospel message, both in terms of the production and reception of this message and in terms of its effective mediators, artists, religious, and cultural ambassadors? The contributions in this book offer multiple geographical and historical insights regarding the circulation of the image on the global scale of the Christianised world or the world in the process of being Christianised, from China to Iberia. Combining the contribution of historians and art historians, the authors highlight the points of intercultural encounter and tension around preaching, catechesis, devotional practices and the propagandistic use of images. Through its aesthetic and social study of the image, and by examining the inner and outer borders of Europe and the mission lands, Eloquent Images contributes significantly to the history of evangelisation, one of the major dynamics of the first European globalisation. Contributors: Pierre-Antoine Fabre (EHESS, Paris), Clara Lieutaghi (EHESS Paris), Silvia Notarfonso (Universita di Macerata), Silvia Mostaccio (UCLouvain), Mauro Salis (Universita di Cagliari), Valentina Borniotto (Universita di Genova), Gwladys Le Cuff (Paris-Sorbonne - EHESS Paris), Mauricio Oviedo Salazar (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen), Maria Joao Pereira Coutinho (IHA/FCSH/NOVA Lisbon), Silvia Ferreira (IHA/FCSH/NOVA Lisbon), Paulo De Campos Pinto (Universidade Catolica Portuguesa), Lorenzo Ratto (Universita di Genova), Stephanie Porras (Tulane University), Arianna Magnani (Universita Ca' Foscari di Venezia), Michela Catto (Universita di Torino), Federico Palomo (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Roberto Ricci (Istituto storico italiano per l'eta moderna e contemporanea, Roma), Francesco Sorce (independent scholar), Maria Vittoria Spissu (Universita di Bologna).Trade ReviewOvercoming the traditional incommunicability between historians and art historians, the authors of the essays in the book work together by "questioning" the images involved in religious propaganda from a global viewpoint. In doing so, they offer new insights from an empirical perspective.Ivana Čapeta Rakić, University of SplitDeze bundel van opstellen wordt pas echt interessant en vernieuwend wanneer hij inzoomt op de gebruikte beeldcultuur in China, Japan, Constantinopel … Een absolute meerwaarde is de selectie van illustraties die verder gaat dan de gebruikelijke ‘sanctjes’ uit die periode. Werkelijk een belangrijke en vernieuwende studie in het veld van de iconografie en de iconologie.Christusrex.be, 20.02.2023This is a useful book for those of us attempting to undertake a more holistic exploration of the Jesuits and of early modern Catholicism. Moreover, and I think this is what is most important across the board, the book pushes us to question the notion of early modern Catholicism itself, as such a concept often ignores both the plurality of the experiences of Catholics across the globe as well as the myriad other religious traditions that Catholics confronted in seemingly endless contexts. In this sense, this collection gives us much to consider regarding the role of images in not only European-driven evangelization, but in the ways being Catholic often existed beyond the reaches of Rome, European powers, and their imperial agents. Clines, R. J., Journal of Jesuit Studies, 10(2), 374-376. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/22141332-10020009-02Een prikkelend boek dat overtuigend laat zien hoe belangrijk beeldtaal was in de globaliserende vroegmoderne wereld. - Jonas van Tol, Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis, Volume 136, Issue 1, Jun 2023, p. 88 - 89, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5117/TvG2023.1.012.TOLEl arte sacro como agente de normatividad. La segunda publicación que aquí reseñaremos se titula »Eloquent Images«. Este volumen dialoga con el anterior en cuanto explora nuevos caminos de análisis sobre el poder normativo de las imágenes sagradas. Esta compilación de 17 artículos dirigida por Giuseppe Capriotti, Sabina Pavone y Pierre-Antoine Fabre propone un dialogo entre la historia del arte, de la religión, la historia cultural y la iconología para analizar conflictos religiosos en perspectiva global. El libro se divide en tres grandes secciones: procesos de conversión, caminos de devoción y formas de propaganda a través de imágenes sagradas. - Pilar Mejía, Rechtsgeschichte – Legal History Rg 31 (2023), http://dx.doi.org/10.12946/rg31/248-251Table of ContentsFields and frontiers of religious images: An introduction Giuseppe Capriotti, Sabina Pavone, and Pierre-Antoine Fabre PART 1. CONVERTING THE IMAGES, CONVERTING BY THE IMAGESEvangelicae Historiae Imagines as a paradigm of the Tridentine’s Image (16th–17th centuries) Pierre-Antoine Fabre The transcultural power of image : Giulio Aleni’s Life of Christ, and its diffusion between Europe and China Arianna Magnani Revealing images of Blessed Rodolfo Acquaviva Roberto Ricci Production, use and resemantisation of Marian images between evangelisation of mendicant orders and political propaganda in Spanish Sardinia (16th–17th centuries) Mauro Salis Destroy to replace: Evangelisation through images in missions in the East and West Valentina Borniotto Persuading with baptismal and triumphant images : Emotional entanglements in the apologies of conversion in the Early Modern Iberian World Maria Vittoria Spissu PART 2. PATHS OF DEVOTION‘Reading images instead of touching the divine’: When the word disembodies the figure Clara Lieutaghi Crucified saints in the early seventeenth century : Models and devotional practices from the orthodox to the liminal in Spanish Europe Silvia Mostaccio A Protestant case of the presence of God : The heart as the material aspect of divine experience and evangelisation in Jan Luyken’s Emblem XIV Mauricio Oviedo Salazar Enlightening St. Ignatius through the flame of arts : A singular artistic and iconographic programme in the Church of the Holy Spirit in Évora Maria João Pereira Coutinho, Paulo Campos Pinto, Sílvia Ferreira Splendori delle tenebre : Nocturne paintings on stone in Verona in the age of Agostino Valier Lorenzo Ratto PART 3. WAYS OF PROPAGANDAGoverning angels, apocalyptic iconology, and imperialism : Reinterpreting the Apocalypsis nova Gwladys Le Cuff Baptising the Turks in Constantinople: “The Triumph of the Church” by Philippe Thomassin Francesco Sorce Religious imagery, conflict and coexistence in the seventeenth-century Balkans Silvia Notarfonso Quis ut Deus? Michael the Archangel across the early modern Spanish empire Stephanie Porras Global images for global worship : Narratives, paintings and engravings of the martyrs of Japan in seventeenth-century Iberian worlds Federico Palomo Stars, dragons and luminous crosses in the Chinese sky : The Jesuit mission’s connected perspective on the supernatural in China (17th century) Michela Catto About the authors Plates
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Amsterdam University Press Missionary Men in the Early Modern World: German
Book SynopsisHow did gender shape the expanding Jesuit enterprise in the early modern world? What did it take to become a missionary man? And how did missionary masculinity align itself with the European colonial project? This book highlights the central importance of male affective ties and masculine mimesis in the formation of the Jesuit missions, as well as the significance of patriarchal dynamics. Focusing on previously neglected German actors, Strasser shows how stories of exemplary male behavior circulated across national boundaries, directing the hearts and feet of men throughout Europe toward Jesuit missions in faraway lands. The sixteenth-century Iberian exemplars of Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, disseminated in print and visual media, inspired late-seventeenth-century Jesuits from German-speaking lands to bring Catholicism and European gender norms to the Spanish-controlled Pacific. The age of global missions hinged on the reproduction of missionary manhood in print and real life.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2021 Society for the Study of Early Modern Women & Gender (SSEMWG) Book Award! The awards committee praised Ulrike Strasser's book for deftly exploring the intersection of gender and global histories, using the Jesuits’ journeys from Europe into the Pacific. "The various interconnected elements in this book present a compelling analysis of the many theoretical issues addressed in its rich introduction: masculinities, gender and religion, the global turn, and the history of media. It brings these to bear on Jesuit history in an effective and innovative way, and through an important and under-written aspect of its history – the missions of the Pacific."- Silvia Mostaccio, UCLouvain, Belgium, Archivum Historicum Societatis Iesu, vol. xc, fasc. 180 (2021-II) "While the final chapter works to unite the book’s many strands into a unified whole, each chapter successfully stands on its own. Drawing on a range of Jesuit source material, Strasser’s consideration of Jesuit masculinity also adds a novel layer to the growing body of work that employs Jesuit sources to understand both Atlantic and world history." - David Dzurec, H-TGS, January 2022 "Missionary Men is a thoroughly researched, well-written, and highly informative scholarly work, one that deserves recognition in the burgeoning global approach to Jesuit history. It makes a fresh and insightful contribution to the understanding of masculinity in the Society of Jesus, and one that requires no specialization in the field of gender studies." - Sam Zeno Conedera, Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 75, Iss. 3 "Expansive in its claims and meticulous in its analyses, Missionary Men is an imaginative contribution to the field. [...] The book does illustrate beautifully ‘the profound pull overseas evangelization exerted in a European empire that lacked formal colonial possessions’ and ‘the global dimensions of early modern German history’ (22) but it does so much more than that – and it is ultimately that richness that makes Strasser’s survey such a rewarding read." - Richard Calis, Renaissance Studies, May 2022Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Missionary Men on the Move: Jesuits and Gender in the Early Modern World Chapter 1. Manly Missions: Reforming European Masculinity, Converting the World Chapter 2. Braving the Waves with Francis Xavier: Fear and the Making of Jesuit Manhood Chapter 3. Of Missionaries, Martyrs, and Makahnas: Engendering the Marianas Mission I Chapter 4. Martyrdom, Matrilineality, and the Virgin Mary: Engendering the Marianas Mission II Chapter 5. Writing Women's Lives and Mapping Indigenous Spaces: Conceptual Conquest, Missionary Manhood, and Colonial Fantasy Between the Pacific and Europe Conclusion and Epilogue Bibliography List of Figures Index
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Amsterdam University Press Calvinists and Indians in the Northeastern
Book SynopsisIn Calvinists and Indians in the Northeastern Woodlands, Stephen T. Staggs analyzes the impact of the Dutch Reformation upon the cross-cultural relations between those living in and around New Netherland. Staggs shows that Native Americans and New Netherlanders hunted, smoked, ate, and drank together, shared their faith while traveling in a canoe, and slept in each other’s bedrooms. Such details emerge in documents written by New Netherlanders like Megapolensis. Author of the most accurate account of the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawks) by a Dutch Reformed minister, Megapolensis provides a window into the influence and limits of the Dutch Reformation upon the dynamic, multifaceted relationships that developed in the early modern Northeastern Woodlands. Megapolensis came of age when Dutch Reformed theologians looked to the Bible to incorporate Indians into a Reformed worldview. In so doing, they characterized Indians as “blind Gentiles” to whom the Dutch were being called, by God, to present the gospel through the preaching of the Bible and the Christian conduct of colonists, which necessitated social interaction. This characterization ultimately informed the instructions given to those heading to New Netherland, raised expectations among the clergy and lay chaplains who served in the colony, and prefigured the reciprocal, intimate relationships that developed between Indians and New Netherlanders during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABBREVIATIONS LIST OF GRAPHS AND TABLES LIST OF FIGURES NOTES ON USAGE INTRODUCTION CHAPTERS I. “GENTILES BY NATURE,” 1566–1626 II. “SO THAT THE FULLNESS OF THE GENTILES MIGHT GRADUALLY COME IN,” 1627–1642 III. “A CHURCH AND COMMUNITY AMONG THE CHRISTIANS AND THE BLIND GENTILES,” 1642–1652 IV. “WE, WITH GOD’S HELP, HOPE TO BRING THE BARBAROUS TRIBES TO DEVOTION,” 1652–1660 V. “WHO GAVE JACOB FOR A SPOIL AND ISRAEL TO THE ROBBERS?” 1660–1664 VI. “A GENTILE WOMAN, KARANONDO, … NOW CALLED LIDIA,” 1664–1750 CONCLUSION APPENDIX A: DUTCH REFERENCES TO INDIANS: 1609–1664 A. 1. DUTCH REFERENCES TO INDIANS: 1609–1624 A. 2. DUTCH REFERENCES TO INDIANS: 1624–1640 A. 3. DUTCH REFERENCES TO INDIANS: 1640–1652 A. 4. DUTCH REFERENCES TO INDIANS: 1652–1664 APPENDIX B: INDIAN BAPTISMS, PROFESSIONS OF FAITH, AND MARRIAGES IN THE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCHES OF NEW YORK: 1690–1750 B. 1. INDIAN BAPTISMS AND PROFESSIONS OF FAITH IN THE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCHES OF NEW YORK: 1690–1750 B. 2. INDIAN MARRIAGES IN THE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCHES OF NEW YORK: 1690–1750 LIST OF ARCHIVAL SOURCES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
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HarperChristian Resources Marriage Preparation Course Manual, Chinese
Book SynopsisNicky and Sila Lee present an invaluable five-session study designed to help engaged couples develop a strong foundation for a lasting marriage. Marriage Preparation Course combines their talks, couples who have been on the course, as well as street interviews and marriage experts' insights from around the world.The course covers: Expressing feelings and learning to listen The importance of commitment Resolving conflict Keeping love alive and developing a fulfilling sexual relationship Talking about goals and values Marriage Preparation Course was developed by Nicky and Sila Lee who oversee family ministries at HTB church in London. This course offers a couple considering marriage the tools to build a strong and healthy relationship that lasts a lifetime. While the course is based on Christian principles, it is designed for couples with or without a church background. This resource is written in Chinese Traditional.
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Kachere Series Missiology: A Study of the Spread of the Christian Faith
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