Felix Wilfred is Emeritus Professor at the State University of Madras, and the Founder and Director of the Asian Centre for Cross-Cultural Studies.He was appointed the first professor to the newly endowed Chair of Indian Studies established at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, by the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR). He was also a member of the International Theological Commission, as well as Joseph visiting Professor at Boston College in 2001 and 2003.

The Oxford Handbook of Christianity in Asia, edited by one of Asia's outstanding scholars and thinkers, Felix Wilfred, will therefore be received with much enthusiasm by those dealing with these fields of study and by anyone who wishes to have an informed understanding of Christianity in Asia... What we have here is a well thought out volume that would be an invaluable text for those who wish to explore not only Christianity in Asia but the trajectories of World Christianity in our day.

• Members of the Editorial Board and Contributors ; General introduction ; Part I: Mapping of Asian Christianity ; 1. Christianity in West Asia - H. Teule ; 2. South Asian Christianity in Context - Felix Wilfred ; 3. Christian Minorities on the Central Asian Silk Roads - Sebastien Peyrouse ; 4. On the Trail of Spices: Christianity in Southeast Asia - Georg Evers ; 5. Identity and Marginality - Christianity in East Asia - Edmond Tang ; Part II: Cross Cultural Flows and Pan-Asian Movements of Asian Christianity ; 6. Asian Theological Trends - Michael Amaladoss ; 7. Scriptural Translations and Cross-textual Hermeneutics - Archie C. C. Lee ; 8. The Contributions of the Asian Ecumenical Movements to World Ecumenism - Aruna Gnanadason ; 9. Inter-Asia Mission and Global Missionary Movements from Asia - Sebastian Kim ; 10. Pentecostalism and Charismatic Movements in Asia - Allan Anderson ; 11. Forms of Asian Indigenous Christianities - Paul Joshua ; 12. Gender, Sexuality, and Christian Feminist Movements - Sharon A. Bong ; Part III: Asian Christianities and the Social-Cultural Processes ; 13. Modernity and Change of Values: Asian Christian Negotiations and Resistance - Angela Wai Ching Wong ; 14. Caveats to Christianization: Colonialism, Nationalism and Christian - Julius Bautista ; 15. Socio-Political developments in the Middle-East and Their Impact on Christian - Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid ; 16. Asian Christianity and Politics of Conversion - Rudi Heradia ; 17. Political Democratization and Asian Churches: The Case of Taiwan - Po Ho Huang ; 18. The Role of Christianity in Peace and Conflict in Asia - Liyanage Anthony Jude Lal Fernando ; 19. Christianity and the cause of Asian Women - Gemma Cruz ; 20. Education in Asia - Lun-Li ; 21. Christian Social Engagement in Asia - Felix Wilfred ; Part IV: Asian Christianity in its Interaction with Asian Religious Traditions ; 22. Changing Paradigms of Asian Christian Attitude to Other Religions - Wesley Ariarajah ; 23. Jewish - Christian relationships in the West Asia - History, Major Issues, Challenges - David M. Neuhaus ; 24. Muslim Perceptions of Asian Christianity: A survey - Ataullah Siddiqui ; 25. The Multiverse of Hindu Engagement with Christianity - Ananta K. Giri ; 26. Christian Tradition in the Eyes of Asian Buddhists: The Case of Japan - Dennis Hirota ; 27. Encounter between Confucianism and Christianity - Jonatha Tan ; 28. Asian Christianity and Religious Conversion: Issues and Debates - Richard Fox Young ; 29. Asian Christian Art and Architecture - Gudrun Lowner ; Part V: Some Future Trajectories of Asian Christianity ; 30. Christians in Asia Read Sacred Books of the East - George Gispert-Sauch ; 31. Multiple Religious Belonging or Complex Identity - An Asian Way - Bagus Laksana ; 32. Asian Christian Spirituality - Peter Phan C. ; 33. Asian Christian Forms of Worship and Music - Swee Hong ; 34. Revisiting Historiographies: New Directions - Daniel Pilario ; 35. Asian Christianity and Public Life -The Interplay - Felix Wilfred ; 36. Migration and New Cosmopolitanism in Asian Christianity - Mario Francisco ; 37. Western Christianity in the Light of Christianity in Asia: A Western Christian's Reflection - Francis Clooney ; Statistics Tables ; Bibliography ; Index

Felix Wilfred is Emeritus Professor at the State University of Madras, and the Founder and Director of the Asian Centre for Cross-Cultural Studies.He was appointed the first professor to the newly endowed Chair of Indian Studies established at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, by the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR). He was also a member of the International Theological Commission, as well as Joseph visiting Professor at Boston College in 2001 and 2003.

The Oxford Handbook of Christianity in Asia, edited by one of Asia's outstanding scholars and thinkers, Felix Wilfred, will therefore be received with much enthusiasm by those dealing with these fields of study and by anyone who wishes to have an informed understanding of Christianity in Asia... What we have here is a well thought out volume that would be an invaluable text for those who wish to explore not only Christianity in Asia but the trajectories of World Christianity in our day.

• Members of the Editorial Board and Contributors ; General introduction ; Part I: Mapping of Asian Christianity ; 1. Christianity in West Asia - H. Teule ; 2. South Asian Christianity in Context - Felix Wilfred ; 3. Christian Minorities on the Central Asian Silk Roads - Sebastien Peyrouse ; 4. On the Trail of Spices: Christianity in Southeast Asia - Georg Evers ; 5. Identity and Marginality - Christianity in East Asia - Edmond Tang ; Part II: Cross Cultural Flows and Pan-Asian Movements of Asian Christianity ; 6. Asian Theological Trends - Michael Amaladoss ; 7. Scriptural Translations and Cross-textual Hermeneutics - Archie C. C. Lee ; 8. The Contributions of the Asian Ecumenical Movements to World Ecumenism - Aruna Gnanadason ; 9. Inter-Asia Mission and Global Missionary Movements from Asia - Sebastian Kim ; 10. Pentecostalism and Charismatic Movements in Asia - Allan Anderson ; 11. Forms of Asian Indigenous Christianities - Paul Joshua ; 12. Gender, Sexuality, and Christian Feminist Movements - Sharon A. Bong ; Part III: Asian Christianities and the Social-Cultural Processes ; 13. Modernity and Change of Values: Asian Christian Negotiations and Resistance - Angela Wai Ching Wong ; 14. Caveats to Christianization: Colonialism, Nationalism and Christian - Julius Bautista ; 15. Socio-Political developments in the Middle-East and Their Impact on Christian - Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid ; 16. Asian Christianity and Politics of Conversion - Rudi Heradia ; 17. Political Democratization and Asian Churches: The Case of Taiwan - Po Ho Huang ; 18. The Role of Christianity in Peace and Conflict in Asia - Liyanage Anthony Jude Lal Fernando ; 19. Christianity and the cause of Asian Women - Gemma Cruz ; 20. Education in Asia - Lun-Li ; 21. Christian Social Engagement in Asia - Felix Wilfred ; Part IV: Asian Christianity in its Interaction with Asian Religious Traditions ; 22. Changing Paradigms of Asian Christian Attitude to Other Religions - Wesley Ariarajah ; 23. Jewish - Christian relationships in the West Asia - History, Major Issues, Challenges - David M. Neuhaus ; 24. Muslim Perceptions of Asian Christianity: A survey - Ataullah Siddiqui ; 25. The Multiverse of Hindu Engagement with Christianity - Ananta K. Giri ; 26. Christian Tradition in the Eyes of Asian Buddhists: The Case of Japan - Dennis Hirota ; 27. Encounter between Confucianism and Christianity - Jonatha Tan ; 28. Asian Christianity and Religious Conversion: Issues and Debates - Richard Fox Young ; 29. Asian Christian Art and Architecture - Gudrun Lowner ; Part V: Some Future Trajectories of Asian Christianity ; 30. Christians in Asia Read Sacred Books of the East - George Gispert-Sauch ; 31. Multiple Religious Belonging or Complex Identity - An Asian Way - Bagus Laksana ; 32. Asian Christian Spirituality - Peter Phan C. ; 33. Asian Christian Forms of Worship and Music - Swee Hong ; 34. Revisiting Historiographies: New Directions - Daniel Pilario ; 35. Asian Christianity and Public Life -The Interplay - Felix Wilfred ; 36. Migration and New Cosmopolitanism in Asian Christianity - Mario Francisco ; 37. Western Christianity in the Light of Christianity in Asia: A Western Christian's Reflection - Francis Clooney ; Statistics Tables ; Bibliography ; Index