China's Early Mosques

ISBN-13: 9780748670413 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 320 str.

Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt

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Received an honorable mention at the 2016 British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize
What happens when a monotheistic, foreign religion needs a space in which to worship in China, a civilisation with a building tradition that has been largely unchanged for several millennia? The story of this extraordinary convergence begins in the 7th century and continues under the Chinese rule of Song and Ming, and the non-Chinese rule of the Mongols and Manchus, each with a different political and religious agenda. The author shows that mosques, and ultimately Islam, have survived in China because the Chinese architectural system, though often unchanging, is adaptable: it can accommodate the religious requirements of Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, and Islam.
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Contents; Preface; Chronology of Chinese Dynasties and Major Reign Periods; List of Maps; Captions and Credits; Chapter 1. Muslims, Mosques and Chinese Architecture; Chapter 2. China's Oldest Mosques; Chapter 3. China's Other Early Mosques; Chapter 4. Mongold, Mosques and Mausoleums; Chapter 5. Xi’an and Nanjing: Great Mosques and Great Ming Patrons; Chapter 6. Ox Street Mosque and Muslim Worship in or Near Beijing; Chapter 7. China's most Important Yuan and Ming Mosques; Chapter 8. Mosques and Qubbas in Ningxia, Gansu and Qinghai; Chapter 9. Xinjiang: Architecture of Qing China and Uyghur Central Asia; Chapter 10. Mosque, Synagogue, Church: Architecutre of Monotheism in China; Chapter 11. Conclusion: The Chinese Mosque in the Twenty-First Century; Glossary; Bibliography; Image Acknowledgments; Index.