The Wind of the Spirit Is Blowing East: Ancestors, Deities, and the Holy Spirit in the Earliest Mission to China
The Church of the East embarked on the earliest mission to China, sending monks to a vibrant land steeped in ancestral worship and a diverse pantheon of deities. This paper will delve into their extant Chinese documents, particularly the xuting mishisuo jing (Book of Righteous Mediator), to explore...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2025
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International bulletin of mission research
Year: 2025, Volume: 49, Issue: 2, Pages: 126-138 |
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Church of the East
B Holy Spirit B Missional Pneumatology B Jingjiao B Deities B Filial Piety B Vernacular Piety B Political Theology B Ancestors |
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| Summary: | The Church of the East embarked on the earliest mission to China, sending monks to a vibrant land steeped in ancestral worship and a diverse pantheon of deities. This paper will delve into their extant Chinese documents, particularly the xuting mishisuo jing (Book of Righteous Mediator), to explore how the Gospel was contextualized in a culture centered on filial piety and imbued with spiritual beliefs. The argument posits that, as God-fearers (tarsāk, Sogdian), they effectively contextualized their vernacular piety by tapping into Tang China’s spirited world, demonstrating the creative and transformative power of the Holy Spirit. |
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| ISSN: | 2396-9407 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International bulletin of mission research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/23969393241305978 |