Han Christian and Uyghur Muslim Encounters
Foreigners from a Familiar Land
Han Christian and Uyghur Muslim Encounters
Foreigners from a Familiar Land
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Within the context of fraught historical and continued ethno-cultural tensions, this book considers the unique interreligious engagement between Han Chinese Christians and Uyghur Muslims.
Stemming from his time living and researching in Xinjiang, China, Michael L. Copeland highlights oral histories from both Han and Uyghur contexts, engaging the barriers and opportunities in their interreligious engagement. Though culturally and religiously rubbing shoulders for centuries, Han and Uyghur believers each view the other through the lens of foreigners yet from shared, familiar lands. Specifically considering cross-cultural missiology, Copeland explores the assumptions Han Christians missionaries bring to their work and acknowledges the dangers of only relying on Western mission agencies views of Uyghur Muslims.
Table of Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: "The Hatred in My Heart”
Part 1: Religious and Ethnic Encounters
1: Close Encounters: Diffusing Beliefs in World Christianity
Part 2: Historical Background
2: A Heavenly Mandate: Han Christianity and the Desire to Share
3: Silk Road Sojourners: Xinjiang and Uyghur Identity
Part 3: Traversing the Present and Future
4: Han Christian and Uyghur Muslim Encounters
Conclusion: Oases in the Desert
Bibliography
Product details
| Published | Oct 01 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 192 |
| ISBN | 9781666977967 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 4 bw illus |
| Dimensions | 229 x 152 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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