China'S Early Mosques Paperback / softback
by Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt
Part of the Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art series
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:368 pages, 60 B/W illustrations 140 colour illustrations 8 maps
- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:30/04/2018
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- ISBN:9781474437219
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:368 pages, 60 B/W illustrations 140 colour illustrations 8 maps
- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:30/04/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781474437219
