01700cam a2200265Ia 450000100090000000300060000900500170001500800410003202000150007302000180008803500200010604000420012604300120016808200160018010000170019624501080021326001150032130000240043650400640046050500140052450508310053865000220136965000220139165100210141351843296AUA.120160120104440.0030312s2001    ilu      b    001 0 eng d  a1879089351  a9781879089358  a(OCoLC)51843296  aMALcMALdOCLCQdBANdYDXCPdITCdEXN  aa-cc---04a248.4bL95h1 aLowe, Chuck.10aHonoring God and family :ba Christian response to idol food in Chinese popular religion /cChuck Lowe.  aWheaton, IL :bEvangelical Missions Information Service ;aBangalore, India :bTheological Book Trust,cc2001.  ax, 305 p. ;c22 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 275-299) and index.  aContents:  a 	Honoring God without dishonoring family : the Gospel and Chinese popular religion --
Ties that bind : ancestral rites and meanings --
The Chinese rites controversies : ancestral rites and the Christian missions to China --
Sage and shen : ancestor rites in the Chinese classics --
Gods and ancestors : food offerings and communal meals in Greco-Roman culture --
God and the gods : idol offerings and communal meals in Jewish perspective --
Theology, rights, and Christian moral ethic : idol offerings and communal meals in Corinthian perspective --
Cultic feasts and social meals : idol offerings and communal meals in Pauline perspective --
Standing firm against the foe : idol offerings and communal meals in the early church --
Glorifying God, respecting culture : biblical reflections on cultic meals in Chinese culture. 0aChristian family. 0aAncestor worship. 0aChinaxReligion.