ABSTRACT
The contributions in this volume were mostly first presented at the conference "Research on Nestorianism in China. Zhongguo jingjiao yanjiu 中國景教研究" held in Salzburg, 20– 26 May 2003. Like the conference, the volume explores the subject of "Nestorianism" (jingjiao, "Luminous Religion") in a variety of aspects. The material of the present collection is organized in five parts. The first part presents different aspects of the past and current research on jingjiao. The second part discusses jingjiao in the Tang dynasty, especially the question of the "Nestorian" texts and documents, their authenticity and theology. The third part deals with the "Nestorian" inscriptions and remains from the Yuan dynasty, especially from Quanzhou. Part four is dedicated to questions of the Church of the East in Central Asia and other historically relevant countries. The last part of the book presents a "Preliminary Bibliography on the Church of the East in China and Central Asia" prepared especially for this volume.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |33 pages
Part I
chapter |9 pages
Buddhism, Daoism and the Eighth-Century Chinese Term for Christianity
part |140 pages
Part II
chapter |6 pages
Haneda's and Saeki's Editions of the Chinese Nestorian Zhixuan Anle Jing
part |179 pages
Part III
chapter |17 pages
A Nestorian Tale of Many Cities
part IV|123 pages
Part IV
part V|2 pages
Preliminary Bibliography on the Church of the East in China and Central Asia