Asia is the birthplace of Christianity. If Christianity is not usually seen as an Asian religion, that is because the history of Christianity in Asia has long been a difficult one. Whereas Christianity in the West received royal support, Asian Christianity has led a more nomadic and exilic existence. Today it is the least Christianized region of the world.

Scott W. Sunquist is a recognized expert on the history of the Christian faith in Asia. Over the years he has published and spoken frequently on this theme. Explorations in Asian Christianity gathers his key writings on the topic and organizes them into four main categories: surveys that look at Asian Christianity in broad perspective, historical investigations that lookat how Christianity shapes our understanding of history and historiography, missiological studies that look closely at issues of place, and finally essays on theological education.

Topics explored in this volume include



- Ecumenism inAsia

- The cruciform nature of Christianity

- A missiology of place

- The Christian view of time

- Global migration

Explorations in Asian Christianity sheds light on one of the most important but least well-known areas in Christian history.

Missiological Engagements charts interdisciplinary and innovative trajectories in the history, theology, and practice of Christian mission, featuring contributions by leading thinkers from both the Euro-American West and the majority world whose missiological scholarship bridges church, academy, and society.



Scott W. Sunquist (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is president of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Previously, he was a professor and dean of the School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary, taught missiology and Christian history at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and lectured at Trinity Theological College in Singapore. Sunquist is the author of Explorations in Asian Christianity, Understanding Christian Mission, and The Unexpected Christian Century, and a coauthor of A History of the World Christian Movement.



Acknowledgments

Introduction



Part I: Asia

1. Christianity in Asia

2. Ancient Christianity in Asia

3. Ecumenism in Asia

4. Evangelicalism in Asia



Part II: History

5. Missio Dei: Christian History Envisioned as Cruciform Apostolicity

6. The Century That Changed the Religious Map: 1910–2010

7. Time, Lectures, Redemption: Princeton Student Mission Lectures

8. World Christianity: Transforming Church History and Theology



Part III: Missiology

9. Liberation and Theological Conservatism: Making Sense of Korean Resistance to Japan

10. The Importance of Shandong: A Missiology Evaluation of Place

11. FourTheorists, Three Selfs, Two Countries, One Goal: Missionary Practice in China and Korea

12. Mission and Migration: An Introductory Theology



Part IV: Education

13. Moffett, Mateer, and McClure: Three Models, TwoContinents, One Mission

14. American Theological Education and Mission: Henry W. Luce, William R. Harper, and the Secularization of Christian Higher Education

15. Asian Theological Education: Earliest Trajectories, Contemporary Concerns



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