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Honoring God and family : a Christian response to idol food in Chinese popular religion / Chuck Lowe.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Wheaton, IL : Evangelical Missions Information Service ; Bangalore, India : Theological Book Trust, c2001.Description: x, 305 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 1879089351
  • 9781879089358
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 248.4 L95h
Contents:
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.
Item type: Books
Holdings
Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks BKS BR 128 .C4 L68 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA011405 Available AUA011405

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.