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Asian
Light, Asian Fruit
 The
Nestorian Monument, featured below with frequent contributor
Jean-Paul Wiest standing in the foreground to provide some
sense of the replica’s scale, is one of the most recognizable
symbols of early Christian missionary efforts in Asia. . .
. The inscription reads, “Memorial to the Entrance into
China of the Religion of the Light from Persia.” According
to the epigraph on the tablet below the cross, this monument
was erected in 781 during the Tang Dynasty (618–907).
Most of the articles in this issue explore aspects of Christianity’s
long, if sometimes tenuous, link to Asia. The articles show
that, although for several centuries Christian missions were
sometimes deeply compromised advocates, or at least beneficiaries,
of Western military and economic intrusion in that part of
the world—which left behind a legacy that will take
many more generations to purge—nevertheless the church
in Asia not only survived but thrives.
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THE EDITORIAL
2008–2009 OMSC Study
and Residential Program
"Following Jesus as Mission"
Seminars for International Church Leaders,
Missionaries, Mission
Executives, Pastors, Educators, Students, and Lay Leaders
Study
Program brochure: September 2008 to May 2009
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OMSC Lectures and Colloquia
Rehabilitation of Mission History in Academia: Writing
the History of the Maryknoll Society
Dr. Angelyn Dries, O.S.F. / Friday, April 4, 2008
The Two Great Awakenings: Jonathan Edwards vs. Charles
Finney—Implications for Evangelistic Practice Today
Dr. Nak-Heong Yang / Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Art @ OMSC
The Plentiful Harvest by Sawai Chinnawong
Since its inauguration in 2001, the OMSC artist in residence
program has hosted seven outstanding artists. We are pleased
to present for sale or loan the artwork of these artists,
and of several others. Altogether, the art that can be seen
here represents some of the finest work being done by Asian
Christian artists today. We hope that these stirring works
will deepen your appreciation of sacred art and enrich you
in mind, heart, and soul. The purchase of any of these works
of art directly supports the individual artist, and contributes
to the artist in residence program at OMSC.
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art gallery
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