China's Early Mosques / / Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt.
Explains how the worship requirements of the mosque and the Chinese architectural system convergedReceived an honorable mention at the 2016 British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book PrizeWhat happens when a monotheistic, foreign religion needs a space in which to worship in China, a civilisation with a...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art : ESIA
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (368 p.) :; 60 B/W illustrations 140 colour illustrations 8 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Series Editor's Foreword
- Preface
- Chronology of Chinese Dynasties and Selected Reigns
- Chronology of Selected Periods of Islamic History
- CHAPTER ONE Muslims, Mosques and Chinese Architecture
- CHAPTER TWO China's Oldest Mosques
- CHAPTER THREE China's Other Early Mosques
- CHAPTER FOUR Mongols, Mosques and Mausoleums
- CHAPTER FIVE Xi'an and Nanjing: Great Mosques and Great Ming Patrons
- CHAPTER SIX Ox Street Mosque and Muslim Worship in or near Beijing
- CHAPTER SEVEN China's Most Important Yuan and Ming Mosques: Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang
- CHAPTER EIGHT Mosques and Qubbas in Ningxia, gansu and Qinghai
- CHAPTER NINE Xinjiang: Architecture of Qing China and Uyghur Central Asia
- CHAPTER TEN Mosque, Synagogue, Church: Architecture of Monotheism in China
- CHAPTER ELEVEN Conclusion: the Chinese Mosque in the Twenty-first Century
- Select Bibliography
- Glossary
- Illustration Acknowledgements
- Index