Jingjiao: The Church of the East in China and Central Asia

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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 Preface • PETER L. HOFRICHTER Editorial Introduction • ROMAN MALEK Part I Past and Current Research on Tang Jingjiao Documents: A Survey • MATTEO NICOLINI-ZANI Buddhism, Daoism and the Eighth-Century Chinese Term for Christianity. A Response to Recent Work by Antonino Forteand Others • T.H. BARRETT Part II Parallel Themes in Chinese Nestorianism and Medieval Daoist Religion • STEPHEN ESKILDSEN The Connection between Jingjiao and Buddhist Texts in Late Tang China • CHEN HUAIYU Towards a New Translation of the Chinese Nestorian Documents from the Tang Dynasty • MAX DEEG Additional Notes on the Authenticity of Tomioka’s and Takakusu’s Manuscripts • LIN WUSHU Haneda’s and Saeki’s Editions of the Chinese Nestorian Zhixuan anle jing. A Comment on Recent Work by Lin Wushu • GUNNER B. MIKKELSEN Remnants of Christianity from Chinese Central Asia in Medieval Ages • WANG DING 唐代景教传教士入华的生存方式与流产文明 The Life Style of Nestorian Preachers and Their Cultural Influence on China during the Tang Dynasty • GE CHENGYONG Deuteronomistic Theology in the Text of the Stele of Xi’an • JÜRGEN TUBACH The Impact of Nestorianism on Contemporary Chinese Theology • BENOIT VERMANDER, S.J. Part III 金元时期中国的景教 Chinese Nestorianism in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties • ZHOU LIANGXIAO Nestorian Inscriptions from China (13th–14th Centuries) • NIU RUJI 叙利亚文突厥语扬州景教碑研究 Reexamination of the Nestorian Inscription from Yangzhou • GENG SHIMIN 泉州景教探踪 The History of Quanzhou Nestorianism • XIE BIZHEN Nestorian Remains from Zaitun (Quanzhou) South China • SAMUEL N.C. LIEU A New Nestorian Tombstone from Quanzhou: Epitaph of the Lady Kejamtâ • MAJELLA FRANZMANN and SAMUEL LIEU Some Notes on Past and Present Field Research on Gravestones and Related Stone Material of the Church of the East in Inner Mongolia, China. With 21 Illustrations of the Hulsewé-Wazniewski Project in Inner Mongolia • TJALLING HALBERTSMA The Art of the Church of the East in China • KEN PARRY A Cup of Cold Water.Folios of a Nestorian-Turkic Manuscript from Kharakhoto • PETER ZIEME Princess Sara’s Gospel Book.A Syriac Manuscript Written in Inner Mongolia? • PIER GIORGIO BORBONE Sorkaktani Beki: A Prominent Nestorian Woman at the Mongol Court • TANG LI A Nestorian Tale of Many Cities. The Problem of the Identification of Urban Structures in Önggüt Territory during the Yuan Dynasty according to Chinese and Western Sources • MAURIZIO PAOLILLO Part IV The Church of the East in Mesopotamia in the Mongol Period • HELEEN (H.L.) MURRE-VAN DEN BERG Christian Crosses from Central Asia • PHILIPP G. ROTT Einige problematische Funde von der Seidenstraße: Novopokrovka IV und V, Issyk-Kul’-Gebiet, Chotan • WASSILIOS KLEIN – PHILIPP ROTT Caucasian Parallels to Chinese Cross Representations • MICHEL VAN ESBROECK, S.J. († 2003) Survey of Nestorianism and of Ancient Nestorian Architectural Relics in the Iranian Realm • CHRISTOPH BAUMER Shirin – Christian Queen of Persia. History and Myth • WILHELM BAUM Vestiges of East Syriac Christianity in India • JACOB THEKEPARAMPIL Part V Preliminary Bibliography on the Church of the East in China and in Central Asia • Compiled by MATTEO NICOLINI-ZANI and ROMAN MALEK in collaboration with DIRK KUHLMANN Authors