TY - BOOK AU - Lowe,Chuck TI - Honoring God and family: a Christian response to idol food in Chinese popular religion SN - 1879089351 U1 - 248.4 PY - 2001/// CY - Wheaton, IL, Bangalore, India PB - Evangelical Missions Information Service, Theological Book Trust KW - Christian family KW - Ancestor worship KW - China KW - Religion N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-299) and index; Contents; Honoring God without dishonoring family : the Gospel and Chinese popular religion -- Ties that bind : ancestral rites and meanings -- The Chinese rites controversies : ancestral rites and the Christian missions to China -- Sage and shen : ancestor rites in the Chinese classics -- Gods and ancestors : food offerings and communal meals in Greco-Roman culture -- God and the gods : idol offerings and communal meals in Jewish perspective -- Theology, rights, and Christian moral ethic : idol offerings and communal meals in Corinthian perspective -- Cultic feasts and social meals : idol offerings and communal meals in Pauline perspective -- Standing firm against the foe : idol offerings and communal meals in the early church -- Glorifying God, respecting culture : biblical reflections on cultic meals in Chinese culture ER -