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Article: A History of Christianity in Asia, vol. 1.(Brief Article)
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- June 4, 1993
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It is the precise merit of Moffett's bulky history to think of ancient Palestine as a western border of a vibrant Christianity which was in place not only in the area of Syriac speaking peoples, but in ancient Persia and, following the silk and spice routes, in what is present-day Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, and China. Of necessity, this volume, which brings the story down to 1500, is a welter of names, places, cultural crosscurrents, and varying religious traditions, both within and apart from Christianity. The very detail of this history makes for tough going but the rewards are enormous. Moffett weighs the evidence for the apostolicity of the Thomas Christians of ...