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SUMMARY:Christian and Manichaean Art in Medieval China (8th-14th C AD/CE) 
 - Professor Samuel N.C. Lieu\, Inaugural Distinguished Professor of Ancien
 t History at Macquarie University (Sydney)\; Visiting Fellow\, Wolfson Col
 lege
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CONTACT:Dr Sally K Church
DESCRIPTION:Christianity in China has long been seen as a 'modern' import 
 by\nCatholic and Protestant missionaries. However\, the Church of the East
 \n(Nestorians) and the highly gnostic religion of Mani with strong\nJudaeo
 -Christian roots had been active in China since the 8th CE as a\nresult of
  her contacts with the cultures and religions of Persia and\nMesopotamia v
 ia the Silk Road. This talk will be illustrated by many\nhitherto unpublis
 hed images from a major Christian and Manichaean site in\nSouth China (Zay
 ton/Quanzhou) as well as material recovered from the Silk\nRoad and from t
 he ancient Chinese capital cities of Chang'an and Luoyang.
LOCATION:Combination Room\, Wolfson College
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