‘Sogdian Christianity’: Evidence from Architecture and Material Culture

‘Sogdian Christianity’: Evidence from Architecture and Material CultureJournal of the Royal Asiatic SocietySyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/7V9HUHVV/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.BarakatulloAshurov‘Sogdian Christianity’: Evidence from Architecture and Material Culturehttp://syriaca.org/cbss/7V9HUHVVhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/7V9HUHVVhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/7V9HUHVVJournal of the Royal Asiatic SocietyIII, 29:12019127-168This article aims to discuss the question of the inculturation of Syriac Christianity in Central Asia, based on archaeological examples including architectural evidence from a particular ethnocultural area: Sogdiana. It questions to what extent the Eastern Syriac Church has become rooted in local culture, thus enabling Christian communities to express their faith in both material and artistic ways. This article is divided into two sections which present a comprehensive study of the medieval sources relevant to the spread and establishment of Christianity in the Central Asian landmass by considering and analyzing existing tangible evidence. In doing so, it provides assessment of comparable evidence, which demonstrates both the “extended” and an “immediate” context in which Eastern Syriac Christianity was accepted, adapted and transformed into a localised expression of Christian faith. Ashurov, Barakatullo. “‘Sogdian Christianity’: Evidence from Architecture and Material Culture.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society III, 29:1 (2019): 127–68. Barakatullo Ashurov, ‘Sogdian Christianity’: Evidence from Architecture and Material Culture, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society III, 29:1 (2019): 127–68.NestoriansSogdiansSyriac influence [Central Asia]UrgutVII-XVIII CEVIII CEarchaeologyarchitectureartchurchescrossincensematerial culturemetalworkpottery