The “Brilliant Teaching”: Iranian Christians in Tang China and Their Identity
The last three decades or so have seen an increasing interest in the early history of Christianity in China, particularly in Christian communities in the Tang period. One of the pertinent questions asked—particularly by theologians—is whether the “Brilliant Teaching” (Jingjiao), as the religion call...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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Ruhr-Universität Bochum
2021
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Entangled Religions
Ano: 2020, Volume: 11, Número: 6 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
China
/ Iran (Antiguidade)
/ Dinastia tang
/ Nestorianos
/ Identidade de grupo
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| Classificações IxTheo: | CH Cristianismo e sociedade KAD Alta Idade Média KBM Ásia KHD Outras Igrejas RB Ministério eclesiástico |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Tang
B Jingjiao B Persian B Iranian B Chinese Christianity B Identity |
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| Resumo: | The last three decades or so have seen an increasing interest in the early history of Christianity in China, particularly in Christian communities in the Tang period. One of the pertinent questions asked—particularly by theologians—is whether the “Brilliant Teaching” (Jingjiao), as the religion called itself in Chinese, had a substantial number of Chinese converts, i.e. whether it was a proselytizing religion or rather an Iranian diaspora religion. While recent documents and new interpretations of existing sources has made it probable that we are indeed dealing with an “expat” religious community, the question of the cultural and religious identity of this community has not really been addressed: they were using Syriac as their liturgical and communal language, but were Persian, Sogdian and maybe even Bactrian in terms of origin and culture. This paper will summarize the data we can get from Chinese sources and discuss them in the light of religious and cultural identity. |
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| ISSN: | 2363-6696 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Entangled Religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.46586/er.11.2020.8674 |