Jesus Christ’s Chinese Faces. An Exhibition Organised by Fr. Roman Malek SVD The Inscription of the Nestorian Stone of Xi’an [Chang’an] Cover Image

Chińskie Oblicza Jezusa Chrystusa. Wystawa autorstwa ojca Romana Malka SVD. Inskrypcja steli „nestoriańskiej” z Xi’an
Jesus Christ’s Chinese Faces. An Exhibition Organised by Fr. Roman Malek SVD The Inscription of the Nestorian Stone of Xi’an [Chang’an]

Author(s): Tomasz Szyszka
Subject(s): Theology and Religion
Published by: Verbinum
Keywords: Institute Monumenta Serica; sinology; Chinese religions; inculturation; Christology

Summary/Abstract: The author recounts the events connected with the exhibition entitled The Chinese Faces of Jesus Christ, organised in 2005 in Poland, on the initiative of the then director of the Societas Verbi Divini Monumenta Serica Sinological Institute in Germany, Fr. prof. Roman Malek SVD. The 130th anniversary of the Divine Word Missionaries order foundation was the main theme of this initiative. The exhibition was made accessible to the public at the following institutions: the Pope John Paul II’s European College in Gniezno, State Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw, the Diocesan Museum of Opole and the Lublin Castle Museum. During the one-year tour of the exhibition around Poland, several thousands of visitors got acquainted with the theme of Christianity in China. Father Malek was not only the exhibition’s founder, but he also collected more than 300 exhibits, wrote the exhibition’s scenario as well as the symposia’s schedule on the Church in China. The exhibition was widely commented on in the media; journalists and radio and television presenters sought an opportunity to interview Fr. Malek, a sinologist and a specialist in religious studies. Selected entries in the chronicle, which was available during the Exhibition at the National Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw, contain entries and comments of a truly particular significance.

  • Issue Year: 135/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 87-121
  • Page Count: 35
  • Language: Polish