Christianity in Asia explores the history, development, andcurrent state of Christianity across the world?s largest andmost populous continent. Offers detailed coverage of the growth of Christianity withinSouth Asia; among the thousands of islands comprising SoutheastAsia; and across countries whose Christian origins werehistorically linked, including Vietnam, Thailand, China, Hong Kong,Taiwan, Japan, and Korea Brings together a truly international team of contributors,many of whom are natives of the countries they are writingabout Considers the Middle Eastern countries whose Christian rootsare deepest, yet have turbulent histories and uncertainfutures Explores the ways in which Christians in Asian countries havereceived and transformed Christianity into their local orindigenous religion Shows Christianity to be a vibrant contemporary movement inmany Asian countries, despite its comparatively minority status inthese regions