Religious transformation in modern Asia : : a transnational movement / / edited by David W. Kim.
This volume explores the religious transformation of each nation in modern Asia. When the Asian people, who were not only diverse in culture and history, but also active in performing local traditions and religions, experienced a socio-political change under the wave of Western colonialism, the reli...
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| Superior document: | Numen Book Series, Volume 148 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2015. ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in the history of religions ;
Volume 148. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (338 pages) :; color illustrations, photographs, maps, tables. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- 1 Transcendence and the Mundane at the Edge of the Middle Kingdom: Protestantised and Pragmatic Tibetan Buddhism in Hong Kong / Joshua Esler
- 2 The Party Giveth, and the Party Taketh Away: Chinese Enigmatic Attitudes Towards Religion / Lawrence C. Reardon
- 3 From Manchuria to the Korean Peninsula: The Scottish Impact in Late Nineteenth Century Korea / David W. Kim
- 4 Dangerous Women in the Early Catholic Church in Korea / Kevin N. Cawley
- 5 Ise Jingū, Nōsatsu Kai and Indulgences: Pilgrims in Tokugawa Japan Viewed by Two Swedish Travellers / Catharina Blomberg
- 6 Jalarām Bāpā: Miracles and Meaning in Nineteenth Century Gujarāt / Martin Wood
- 7 The Impact of Modernisation Processes in the Himalayas: Tibetan and Nepalese Traditions in Transition? / Lionel Obadia
- 8 Indian Astrology / Nicholas Campion and Ronnie Gale Dreyer
- 9 Islamic Identity in the Secular Environment of Post-Colonial Indonesia / Laurens de Rooij
- 10 “Traditional” Modernity: A Vietnamese Response to French Colonialism as Revealed in the Great Mural of Đạo Cao Đài / Christopher Hartney
- 11 Many in One: Malaysia’s Religious Pluralism Driving Growth and Development / Laurens de Rooij
- 12 Changing Profiles: The Historical Development of Christianity in Singapore / Daniel S.H. Ahn
- 13 The King and His Cult: Thailand’s Monarch and the Religious Culture / Laurens de Rooij
- Index.