China's Christian Art have experienced four stages in the process of its contextualization and indigenization: The Stage of Nestorian (The Period of The Tang and Yuan Dynasties); The Stage of Catholic Jesuits (The Period of The Ming and Qing Dynasties); The Stage of Semi-Colonialism (The Period of the late 19th century and early... Read full article...
ACAA Executive Meeting in China - Rev. Ron O'Grady - Monday July 24, 2000Few countries have given such a high priority to Christian art as China. In the wake of the cultural revolution, Chinese Christian leaders debated the cultural question of what it mean to be truly Christian and truly Chinese. Out of this struggle they have developed programmes of theological training which have produced a whole network of Christian ... Read full article...
Christian Art in China - Barbara Kreissl - Sunday March 4, 2001Although Christianity is an officially recognized religion in China, it is still considered a foreign religion. Therefore, Chinese Christian art is trapped in the conflict between inculturation and imitation of classical European Christian artists. On one hand, there is a will to indigenize Christianity by using indigenous art forms in order to make it accessible to a broader public, while on the other ... Read full article...
Terrorism and the clash of Civilizations - Jyoti Sahi - Saturday September 29, 2001This essay is being published in a collection of essays in honour of Fr. Michael Amalados sj, to celebrate his 65th birthday. A War between Civilizations. The events of the last week have raised many questions which relate to the way in which we understand history, and the impact on its course of that psychic energy which we call Terror. Recently many ... Read full article...
The Seeds for a Civilisation Yet To Come - Jyoti Sahi - Saturday November 24, 2001The terrible events of Sept. 11, 2001, and the subsequent "war on terrorism" has raised a number of questions concerning what we mean by civilization. The leaders of the West were quick to characterize the present conflict as the struggle between civilized values, for which Western democracies claim to stand, and forces that are inimical to civilization as understood by the West. Inevitably this dichotomy... Read full article...
Three Stages of Indigenization Reflection on Christian Art China - Prof. Masao Takenaka - Tuesday March 24, 2009Impression Today any visitors to China are impressed by seeing the astonishing degree of economic and technological development such as exhibited on the east side of Shanghai. It is very challenging to see the enormous economic development as indicated by the figure of 6% per year of national growth. Equally astonishing is the growth of the Christian population in the last ... Read full article...
Is Christian Art Christian? - Rev. Ron O'Grady - Tuesday March 24, 2009"Christian" art is impossible to define. A strange confession in a magazine devoted to "Christian" art which is published by an organisation dedicated to Asian "Christian" art. It is, however, simply stating a fact. It has always been the same. When the Asian Christian Art Association was founded in Bali twenty years... Read full article...
The Image of Christ in Indian Art - Alphonso Doss - Tuesday March 24, 2009From time immemorial religion has played an important part in all our lives making an impact for the further generations. Art has been no different as an artist's impression always leaves an indelible mark, creating a vision for the future. The image of Christ has been a fascinating experience for artists all over the world. Historians believe that his enemies must have destroyed the earliest examples of Christ's image in very early period of history. The only remains that... Read full article...
Of Empires, Christendom and the Christian Arts: Christening of the Public Imagination Toward a New Order of Life - Dr. Ferdinand Anno - Tuesday June 9, 2009This short essay was prepared to outline or frame a discussion on the historical and liturgical contexts of Christian arts as it evolved through the centuries. It does not however go into the minute details of history, of liturgy and the arts in Western Christianity, or in contemporary global Christianity. It simply touches on how the logos and ethos of Christendom intersect with the Christian theological imagination and artistic objectivations— the relationship between the rise and fall of empires and the bondage and redemption of the Christian Liturgy and the Arts, i.e., Christian Arts. To begin with, I want to point to a survey made in relation to the ways in which Christianity and the arts intersect, and in particular, where the arts inform Christianity (Arts 11:2, 1999). Arts and worship intersects in several ways: firstly, in worship, where the arts... Read full article...