A History of Christianity in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, 1450-1990: A Documentary Sourcebook

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Standard Works and Literature Quoted in Abbreviations -- Abbreviations and Omissions -- Asia -- I. Asia 1450-1600 -- A. Christians in Asia before the Arrival of the Portuguese -- 1. St. Thomas Christians in India -- a. Testimony of the Itali...

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Main Author: Koschorke, Klaus 1948- (Author)
Contributors: Ludwig, Frieder (Contributor) ; Delgado, Mariano (Contributor) ; Spliesgart, Roland (Contributor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Chicago Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 2007
In:Year: 2007
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9780802828897
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Summary:Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Standard Works and Literature Quoted in Abbreviations -- Abbreviations and Omissions -- Asia -- I. Asia 1450-1600 -- A. Christians in Asia before the Arrival of the Portuguese -- 1. St. Thomas Christians in India -- a. Testimony of the Italian traveler Nicolò Conti (1415-1439) -- b. A Syrian Document from c. 1504 -- 2. Nestorians and Armenian Christians in Southern Asia (1508) -- 3. Jews and Christians in China -- a. Jews in Kaifeng: The Stele of 1489 -- b. Matteo Ricci on the Jews of Kaifeng (1605) -- c. Matteo Ricci on the Remnants of Chinese Christianity (1605) -- B. Early Portuguese Contacts -- 4. Searching for "Christians and Spices" (1498) -- 5. Fictitious and Actual Contacts with the St. Thomas Christians -- a. Visiting a "Church" in Calicut (1498) -- b. Failure with the Samorin in Calicut (1498) -- c. The Mission of Cabral (1500) -- 6. The Arrival of the Portuguese from an Arab Perspective -- 7. St. Thomas Christians on the Arrival of the Portuguese (1504) -- C. The Organization of Colonial Churches -- 8. Portuguese and Spanish Patronage in Mission -- a. The Papal Bull "Inter cetera" from Pope Calixtus III (1456) -- b. The Exercise of Patronage in the Philippines (1580) -- 9. Goa as a Political and Ecclesiastical Center -- a. The Raising of Goa to the Seat of the Bishopric (1534) -- b. Complaints about the Immorality of Settlers and Clergy -- c. Position of the Non-Christians (1522) -- d. The Introduction of the Inquisition in Goa (1543) -- D. Francis Xavier in Asia (1542-1552) -- 10. India -- a. Goa (1452) -- b. South India: The Paravas (1542-1544) -- 11. Southeast Asia: The Sultanate of Ternate -- 12. Japan -- a. First Plans -- b. Experiences in Japan -- 13. Plans for China -- E. Intercultural Contacts.
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ISBN:1467425176