Interpreting Islam in China, pilgrimage, scripture, and language in the Han Kitab, Kristian Petersen
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Interpreting Islam in China, pilgrimage, scripture, and language in the Han Kitab, Kristian Petersen
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Interpreting Islam in China
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electronic resource
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bibliographydictionaries
Oclc number
1007029918
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Kristian Petersen
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Oxford scholarship online.
Sub title
pilgrimage, scripture, and language in the Han Kitab
Summary
During the early modern period, Muslims in China began to embrace the Chinese characteristics of their heritage. Several scholar-teachers incorporated tenets from traditional Chinese education into their promotion of Islamic knowledge. As a result, some Sino-Muslims established an educational network which utilised an Islamic curriculum made up of Arabic, Persian, and Chinese works. The corpus of Chinese Islamic texts written in this system is collectively labelled the Han Kitab. Interpreting Islam in China explores the Sino-Islamic intellectual tradition through the works of some its brightest luminaries. Three prominent Sino-Muslim authors are used to illustrate transformations within this tradition, Wang Daiyu, Liu Zhi, and Ma Dexin. Kristian Petersen puts these scholars in dialogue and demonstrates the continuities and departures within this tradition.--, Provided by publisher
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specialized
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