China's Early Mosques

Name: China's Early Mosques
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ISBN: 9780748670413

ISBN-10: 0748670416

ISBN-13: 9780748670413

Edition: 2015

Authors: Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt

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What happens when a monotheistic, foreign religion needs a space in which to worship in China, a civilisation with a building tradition that has been largely unchanged for several millennia? The story of this extraordinary convergence begins in the 7th century and continues under the Chinese rule of Song and Ming, and the non-Chinese rule of the Mongols and Manchus, each with a different political and religious agenda. The author shows that mosques, and ultimately Islam, have survived in China because the Chinese architectural system, though often unchanging, is adaptable: it can accommodate the religious requirements of Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, and Islam.About the series: Edited by…

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List price: $125.00
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication date: 11/13/2015
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 9.70" wide x 7.20" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 2.332
Language: English