Muslim-Christian Relations in Central Asia

ISBN-13: 9780415533225 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 200 str.

A. Christian Van Gorder

Opis

This title explores issues of cultural tension that affect Muslim and Christian interaction within the Central Asian context. It looks at the ways that Christians have interacted with Central Asian Muslims in the past and discusses possible ways to improve Muslim-Christian relations in the present and future.

Spis treści

1. "The Steppe is Cruel and Heaven is Far"  2. Central Asia- "A Great Sea of Land"  3. Central Asia’s Ethnic Mosaic: An Interreligious Perspective  4. A History of "Triumphs and Disasters"  5. The History of Christianity in Central Asia  6. Russians and Central Asian Muslims: "Eagle and Sickle against the Crescent"  7. Islamic Missionaries and the Islamicization of Central Asian Society  8. Post-Soviet Protestant Missionary Efforts in Central Asia  9. Central Asia and the New Geopolitical "Great Game"  10. Central Asia Tomorrow: Earthquakes of Transition.  Epilogue: The Future of Central Asia’s Muslim-Christian Relations

O autorze

A. Christian van Gorder is Associate Professor of Religion at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He has also taught at Messiah College in Pennsylvania and the Yunnan University in Kunming, China. He is the author of No God but God: A Path’s to Muslim-Christian Dialogue on God's Nature, and co-author of Three-Fifth’s Theology: Challenging Racism in American Christianity.