Nestorian Missionary Enterprise : : The Story of a Church on Fire / / John Stewart.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Stewart, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2006]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Series: Christianity in the Islamic World
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (388 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; DEDICATED TO --; FOREWORD --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS --; CHRONOLOGY --; INTRODUCTION --; I . THE CHURCH IN PERSIA ; ITS MISSIONARY CENTRE --; II. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS IN NESTORIAN MISSIONARY ACTIVITY. PERSECUTION - MONASTIC BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOLS --; III. NESTORIANISM IN ARABIA --; IV. EXPANSION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN ASIA --; V. SYRIAN CHRISTIANS OF SOUTH WEST INDIA --; VI. NESTORIAN MISSIONARY ACTIVITY IN FURTHER ASIA --; VII. NESTORIAN SINO-SYRIAC MONUMENT AT HSI-AN-FU AND THE SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY IN CHINA AND JAPAN --; VIII. SEMIRYECHENSK CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS --; IX. FACTORS IN NESTORIAN DECADENCE. PERSECUTION - DECEPTION - COMPROMISE --; X. ADDITIONAL FACTORS IN NESTORIAN DECADENCE. EXTERMINATION BY MONGOLS AND TAMERLANE - ABSORPTION BY ROMAN CATHOLICISM --; XI. BY-PRODUCTS OF NESTORIANISM --; XII. PRESENT CONDITIONS. CONCLUSION --; APPENDIX A. THE NAME --; APPENDIX B. THE BIBLE OF THE NESTORIANS AND THE SPREAD OF ALPHABETIC WRITING AND CULTURE --; APPENDIX C. THE JACOBITES --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463212452; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463212452
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: John Stewart.

Consistently referenced as a reliable source on the "Nestorian" missionary movement, this historical account of that movement is a necessary volume for anyone interested in the missionary work of the Eastern Church. Stewart’s engaging account has remained fresh through the years and remains a standard reference on the topic.