Religion and culture : past approaches, present globalisation, future challenges : international symposium organised by the Macau Ricci Institute and the Instituto do Oriente (Lisbon), Macau, November 28th-29th 2002 / editor: The Macau Ricci Institute
Imprint
Macau, China : Macau Ricci Institute, 2004
Descript
455 p. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Decoding the European renaissance mind: the jesuit missionaries view of cultural encounter in Asia -- Reading Indian pluralism: a paradigm for multi-cultural / religious development -- Maritime Southeast Asia in the world. Map of Ferdinand Verbiest and its Korean version -- The Korean world map in St. Ottilien: a note on verbiest cartographical work -- Christianity's dual meaning in the modernisation of China: in commemoration of the 450th anniversary of the death of St. Francis Xavier -- Missionaries and globalisation of culture: an Indian experience -- The Malaccan Portuguese community and its relevance to the Macanese in contemporary Macau -- A multi-cultural case of Macau: the thesis of "Maximisation of difference" in a globalised world -- World religions and Asian culture: the Singapore experience -- The building of the cathedral of canton: political, cultural and religious clashes -- Islam's adaptation in China: present realities -- Chinese buddhism revival and inter-religious dialogue -- What to preach? christian witness in China, with reference to the party's policy of mutual accommodation -- The body at the junction of religion and scientism: modernisation of meditative traditions in contemporary China -- Daoist traditions in modern China: observations and reflections -- Chinese religious women in the modernisation era: problems and contributions -- Rooting the christian church in Chiness soil: Christian Universties settle down in China -- From tradition to modernity: Chinese intellectuals Western missions -- Raising civic morality among Chinese citizens in the new century. The role of Christian values