Interpreting Islam in China: pilgrimage, scripture, and language in the Han Kitab

During the early modern period, Muslims in China began to embrace the Chinese characteristics of their heritage. Several scholar-teachers incorporated tenets from traditional Chinese education into their promotion of Islamic knowledge. As a result, some Sino-Muslims established an educational networ...

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Main Author: Petersen, Kristian 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2017
In:Year: 2017
Series/Journal:American Academy of Religion
Further subjects:B Islam ; China ; History
B Muslims (China) History
B Islam (China) History
B Muslims ; China ; History
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System; OUP)
Parallel Edition:Print version: 9780190634346
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Summary:During the early modern period, Muslims in China began to embrace the Chinese characteristics of their heritage. Several scholar-teachers incorporated tenets from traditional Chinese education into their promotion of Islamic knowledge. As a result, some Sino-Muslims established an educational network which utilised an Islamic curriculum made up of Arabic, Persian, and Chinese works. The corpus of Chinese Islamic texts written in this system is collectively labelled the Han Kitab. Interpreting Islam in China explores the Sino-Islamic intellectual tradition through the works of some its brightest luminaries. Three prominent Sino-Muslim authors are used to illustrate transformations within this tradition, Wang Daiyu, Liu Zhi, and Ma Dexin. Kristian Petersen puts these scholars in dialogue and demonstrates the continuities and departures within this tradition
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Previously issued in print: 2017
Zielgruppe - Audience: Specialized
ISBN:0190634375
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190634346.001.0001