Hidden Treasures and Intercultural Encounters: Studies on East Syriac Christianity in China and Central Asia (review)

2011 ◽  
Vol 97 (3) ◽  
pp. 616-618
Author(s):  
Matteo Nicolini-Zani
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Christianity In China ◽  
Intercultural Encounters ◽  
Syriac Christianity

‘Sogdian Christianity’: Evidence from architecture and material culture

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-168
Author(s):  
BARAKATULLO ASHUROV
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
Christian Communities ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
Tangible Evidence ◽  
Comprehensive Study ◽  
Syriac Christianity

This article aims to discuss the question of the inculturation of Syriac Christianity in Central Asia, based on archaeological examples including architectural evidence from a particular ethnocultural area: Sogdiana. It questions to what extent the Eastern Syriac Church has become rooted in local culture, thus enabling Christian communities to express their faith in both material and artistic ways. This article is divided into two sections which present a comprehensive study of the medieval sources relevant to the spread and establishment of Christianity in the Central Asian landmass by considering and analyzing existing tangible evidence. In doing so, it provides assessment of comparable evidence, which demonstrates both the “extended” and an “immediate” context in which Eastern Syriac Christianity was accepted, adapted and transformed into a localised expression of Christian faith.

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