Asian Pacific Catholicism and Globalization

Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Challenges

Peter C Phan editor José Casanova editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Georgetown University Press

Published:1st Dec '23

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"A timely and well organized book on topics—Catholicism, globalization, the moral crises of modernity—of enormous importance." —Robert W. Hefner, director, Center for the Study of Asia, Pardee School of Global Affairs, Boston University

This history of the Catholic Church in Asia and the Pacific illuminates the processes of globalization Since the sixteenth century, Catholicism has contributed significantly to global connectivity. Except for the Philippines and Timor-Leste, Catholicism in Asia is, and is likely to remain, a minority religion. For this reason, it can serve as a unique prism through which to look at the processes of globalization in Asia. Asian Pacific Catholicism and Globalization demonstrates to scholars and students of Catholic history that the development of Catholicism in Asia and later in the Oceania-Pacific region is closely associated with three different phases of globalization. This book approaches the historical processes of globalization not as structural agencies or causal forces, but rather as the historical contexts that condition possibilities for human action and reaction in the world. The editors identify three distinct phases in the development of Catholicism in Asia and Oceania: early modern (sixteenth–eighteenth centuries), modern Western hegemony (1780s–1960s), and the contemporary (1960s–present). The book’s contributors discuss the development of Catholicism in all the major countries of the region, including China, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam, India, and Australia.

ISBN: 9781647123789

Dimensions: 254mm x 178mm x 28mm

Weight: 785g

328 pages