Christianities in AsiaPeter C. Phan Christianity in Asia explores the history, development, and current state of Christianity across the world’s largest and most populous continent.
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Sri Lanka | 45 |
Independent Sri Lanka | 52 |
Indonesia | 61 |
A Minority within a Minority | 67 |
Malaysia and Singapore | 77 |
The Philippines | 97 |
Vietnam Cambodia Laos Thailand | 129 |
Christianity and Chinese Society | 161 |
Taiwan Hong Kong Macau | 173 |
Japan | 197 |
South Korea | 217 |
Christianity as an Agency of Modernization | 223 |
The Middle East | 233 |
The Church of the East | 240 |
The Armenians in the Middle East | 249 |
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