Jingjiao: The Earliest Christian Church in China

Author:   Glen L Thompson ,  Samuel N C Lieu
Publisher:   William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
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9780802883520


Pages:   279
Publication Date:   15 February 2024
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Glen L Thompson ,  Samuel N C Lieu
Publisher:   William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
Imprint:   William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9780802883520


ISBN 10:   0802883524
Pages:   279
Publication Date:   15 February 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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"""When and how exactly did Christianity reach China? Was it really brought by Western imperialists or opium sellers? What and how do Jingjiao (Luminous Teaching) and the Syriac-speaking church contribute to Chinese Christianity? In this volume, church historian Dr. Glen Thompson offers a fascinating narrative that uncovers an important piece of history, addressing these questions and providing a corrective to frequent misunderstandings of the origin of Christianity in China."" --Chloe T. Sun, Fuller Theological Seminary ""A concise and up-to-date account of the once-forgotten earliest history of Christianity in East Asia by a lucid writer of Asian theology. Highly recommended!"" --Huaiyu Chen, Arizona State University ""Jingjiao: The Earliest Christian Church in China brilliantly combines primary texts, up-to-date scholarship, and impassioned storytelling. Glen L. Thompson's particularly fresh and insightful reading of the earliest Christian writings in Chinese makes this book an indispensable resource for further study of Jingjiao theology."" --Matteo Nicolini-Zani, Catholic monk of the ecumenical Monastic Community of Bose, Italy ""This groundbreaking volume catapults forward the scholarship about the earliest church in China by over a century, filling in lacunae and correcting many inaccurate previous understandings about the beginnings of Chinese Christian contextualization. It is therefore no exaggeration to say that this book is the authoritative new word on the subject. Those contextualization principles remain just as relevant today as ever, thus this is also a significant contribution to understanding the Majority World Church both past, present, and future."" --Allen Yeh, Biola University"


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Glen L. Thompson is professor emeritus of New Testament and historical theology at Asia Lutheran Seminary in Hong Kong. He has retired to Milwaukee, where he researches, works with students, and expands his Fourth-Century Christianity website.

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