Text

Finding God in Ancient China: How the Ancient Chinese Worshiped the God of the Bible

---

Although China has long been considered a culture of fables, legends, and the polytheistic worship of many deities, author Chan Kei Thong takes readers on a step-by-step journey through 4.000 years of ancient Chinese traditions and rituals to reach a startling modern-day conclusion : The ancient Chinese worshiped a monotheistic God whom they called Shang Di, the same God the Hebrews of the Bible worshiped as Yahweh.

While many consider early Chinese history to be composed of myths, fables, and legends, in Finding God in Ancient China author and scholar Chan Kei Thong believes that the language, stories, and rituals actually occurred during this time period and honored a creator who has since been forgotten in modern Chinese culture. According to Thong, after the division of nations at the Tower of Babel one of the groups journeyed across the Asian continent and settled in what is today the region of China. It was this group of people who established the first Chinese culture known as the Long Shan. And from this culture the first ruling dynasty, the Xia Dynasty, would emerge. Thong claims that the writings, beliefs, actions, and language conventions that were employed by the Xia Dynasty all point to a belief in the one true God; the same God who confused the languages at Babel and is today the God of the Christian faith." Finding God in Ancient China is a remarkable achievement, a profound examination of China's cultural origins and history as a reflection of a continuous Chinese cultural sense of a connection with the divine. This book is already having a profound impact in China in a Chinese version. Everyone interested in Christianity in China should read it."

---

Availability

No copy data

Detail Information

Series Title

-

Call Number

261.2

Publisher

Michigan, USA : Zondervan., 2009

Collation

Softcover; 352 hlm.; 19.05 x 23.11 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780310292388

Classification

261.2

Content Type

-

Media Type

-

Carrier Type

-

Edition

-

Subject(s)

Religion & Spirituality
Nonfiction
History
Social Theology, Interreligious Relations & ATT
General Nonfiction
Christianity and Other Systems of Nonbelief
Comparative Religion

Specific Detail Info

-

Statement of Responsibility

-

Other version/related

File Attachment

Comments

---

You must be logged in to post a comment