The Pentecost in the Eyes of a Stranger in Medieval China
Toward a Chinese Pentecostal Theology of/for/by Refugees
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20161800 |
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| Authors | Jacob Chengwei Feng (0000-0003-3917-3841, Fuller Theological Seminary https://dx.doi.org/6468 Pasadena, California USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 203-223 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-22 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pneuma (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0272-0965 • E-ISSN: 1570-0747 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15700747-bja10136 |
| OpenAlex | W4412647705 |
| Language | EN |
As refugees of the Persian persecution and Arab oppression, the missionaries of the Church of the East brought the Christian gospel to China as early as the seventh century CE . This article aims to investigate how these strangers in China conveyed the biblical account of Pentecost (Acts 2) to the pluralistic Tang society as the “Luminous” gospel. By analyzing the account of Pentecost in Yishenlun 一神论 (Discourse on the One God), the article argues that, as refugees in Tang China, the missionaries of the Church of the East developed a Chinese theology of refugees and for all refugees in the world. These insights inform the construction of Chinese Pentecostal theology of, by, and for refugees amid the global refugee crisis
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · China · Chinese history and philosophy · Christian Theology and Mission · History · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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