| I. The European Renaissance Mind in the Encounter with Asia |
| 25 |
Decoding the European Renaissance Mind: The Jesuit Missionaries' View of Cultural Encounter in Asia |
Philippe Lécrivain |
| 35 |
Reading Indian Pluralism: A Paradigm for Multi-cultural / Religious Development |
Délio de Mendonça |
| 55 |
Discussion |
Glenn Timmermans |
| 61 |
Maritime Southeast Asia in the World. Map of Ferdinand Verbiest and its Korean Version |
Roderich Ptak |
| 89 |
The Korean World Map in St. Ottilien: A Note on Verbiest's Cartographical Work |
Soon Mi Hong-Schunka |
| 113 |
Christianity's Dual Meaning in the Modernisation of China: In Commemoration of the 450th Anniversary of the Death of St. Francis Xavier |
You Xilin |
| 129 |
Discussion |
César Guillén-Nuñez |
| II. Experiences |
| 143 |
Missionaries and Globalisation of Culture: An Indian Experience |
Jose Kalapura |
| 167 |
The Malaccan Portuguese Community and its Relevance to the Macanese in Contemporary Macau |
Barney Koo |
| 199 |
A Multi-cultural Case of Macau: The Thesis of "Maximisation of Difference" in a Globalised World |
Chan Chi-hou |
| 213 |
World Religions and Asian Culture: The Singapore Experience |
Jean Charbonnier |
| 227 |
Discussion |
Choong Cheepang |
| 231 |
The Building of the Cathedral of Canton: Political, Cultural and Religious Clashes |
Jean-Paul Wiest |
| 253 |
Discussion |
Dominique Tyl |
| III. Religious traditions in Modern China (1) |
| 259 |
Islam's Adaptation in China: Present Realities |
Elisabeth Allès |
| 265 |
Chinese Buddhism Revival and Inter-religious Dialogue |
Christian Cochini |
| 279 |
What to Preach? Christian Witness in China, with Reference to the Party's Policy of Mutual Accommodation |
Kung Lap Yan |
| 303 |
Discussion |
Thomas Michel |
| 313 |
The Body at the Junction of Religion and Scientism: Modernisation of Meditative Traditions in Contemporary China |
David Palmer |
| 335 |
Daoist Traditions in Modern China: Observations and Reflections |
Pierre-Henry de Bruyn |
| 349 |
Discussion |
Michael Saso |
| IV. Religious traditions in Modern China (2) |
| 361 |
Chinese Religious Women in the Modernisation Era: Problems and Contributions |
Beatrice Leung Kit Fun |
| 391 |
Rooting the Christian Church in Chinese Soil: Christian Universities Settle Down in China |
Zhang Kaiyuan |
| 405 |
Discussion |
Yu Sanle |
| 409 |
From Tradition to Modernity: Chinese Intellectuals and Western Missions |
Liu Ping |
| 427 |
Raising Civic Morality Among Chinese Citizens in the New Century. The Role of Christian Values |
Wang Xiaochao |
| 439 |
Discussion |
Gianni Criveller |
| 445 |
Index |
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| 455 |
Acknowledgments |
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