Routledge handbook of religions in Asia /
Routledge handbook of religions in Asia / [electronic resource] Edited by Bryan S. Turner; Oscar Salemink. - London : Routledge, 2015. - 1 online resource (464 pages).
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: constructing religion and religions in Asia; Asian origins: religious formations; 1 The invention of religions in East Asia; 2 Revealing the Vedas in 'Hinduism': foundations and issues of interpretations of religion in South Asian Hindu traditions; 3 Dual belief in Heaven and spirits: the metaphysical foundation of Confucian morality; 4 Sikhism and its changing social structure; Missions, states and religious competition; 5 Catholicism in India. 6 The localization of Roman Catholicism: radical transcendence and social empathy in a Philippine town7 The spread of Islam in Asia through trade and Sufism (ninth-nineteenth centuries); Reform movements and modernity; 8 Shinto's modern transformations: from imperial cult to nature worship; 9 Islamic reform in Asia; 10 Engaged Buddhism in 1920s Japan: the Young East mission for social reform, global Buddhism and world peace; 11 Conversion in post-Mao China: from 'rice Christians' to 'cultural Christians'; Popular religions. 12 Shamanism in Eurasia: a Mongolian case study in a comparative light13 Chinese folk festivals; 14 Popular Buddhism: monks, magic and amulets; 15 Spirit worship and possession in Vietnam and beyond; 16 Popular Qigong and transnational Falun Gong inside and outside post-Mao China; 17 Shrines, religious healing, and pilgrimage in South Asia; 18 Revitalised Sufism and the new piety movements in Islamic Southeast Asia; Religion and globalization: social dimensions; 19 Reading gender and religion in East Asia: family formations and cultural transformations. 20 Confucian values and East Asian capitalism: a variable Weberian trajectory21 Religion and Asia's middle classes; 22 Buddhism: modernization or globalization?; 23 Hinduism and globalization: gurus, yoga and migration in northern Europe; 24 Internet and religion in Asia; 25 Globalising the Asian Muslim Umma: alternating movements East-West of spirituality, reform and militant jihad; 26 Asian Pentecostalism: revivals, mega-churches, and social engagement; Conclusion; 27 Religion, religions and modernization; Index.
The Routledge Handbook of Religions in Asia provides a contemporary and comprehensive overview of religion in contemporary Asia. Compiled and introduced by Bryan S. Turner and Oscar Salemink, the Handbook contains specially written chapters by experts in their respective fields. The wide-ranging introduction discusses issues surrounding Orientalism and the historical development of the discipline of Religious Studies. It conveys how there have been many centuries of interaction between different religious traditions in Asia and discusses the problem of world religions and the range of concepts.
9781317636465
Asia--Religion.
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: constructing religion and religions in Asia; Asian origins: religious formations; 1 The invention of religions in East Asia; 2 Revealing the Vedas in 'Hinduism': foundations and issues of interpretations of religion in South Asian Hindu traditions; 3 Dual belief in Heaven and spirits: the metaphysical foundation of Confucian morality; 4 Sikhism and its changing social structure; Missions, states and religious competition; 5 Catholicism in India. 6 The localization of Roman Catholicism: radical transcendence and social empathy in a Philippine town7 The spread of Islam in Asia through trade and Sufism (ninth-nineteenth centuries); Reform movements and modernity; 8 Shinto's modern transformations: from imperial cult to nature worship; 9 Islamic reform in Asia; 10 Engaged Buddhism in 1920s Japan: the Young East mission for social reform, global Buddhism and world peace; 11 Conversion in post-Mao China: from 'rice Christians' to 'cultural Christians'; Popular religions. 12 Shamanism in Eurasia: a Mongolian case study in a comparative light13 Chinese folk festivals; 14 Popular Buddhism: monks, magic and amulets; 15 Spirit worship and possession in Vietnam and beyond; 16 Popular Qigong and transnational Falun Gong inside and outside post-Mao China; 17 Shrines, religious healing, and pilgrimage in South Asia; 18 Revitalised Sufism and the new piety movements in Islamic Southeast Asia; Religion and globalization: social dimensions; 19 Reading gender and religion in East Asia: family formations and cultural transformations. 20 Confucian values and East Asian capitalism: a variable Weberian trajectory21 Religion and Asia's middle classes; 22 Buddhism: modernization or globalization?; 23 Hinduism and globalization: gurus, yoga and migration in northern Europe; 24 Internet and religion in Asia; 25 Globalising the Asian Muslim Umma: alternating movements East-West of spirituality, reform and militant jihad; 26 Asian Pentecostalism: revivals, mega-churches, and social engagement; Conclusion; 27 Religion, religions and modernization; Index.
The Routledge Handbook of Religions in Asia provides a contemporary and comprehensive overview of religion in contemporary Asia. Compiled and introduced by Bryan S. Turner and Oscar Salemink, the Handbook contains specially written chapters by experts in their respective fields. The wide-ranging introduction discusses issues surrounding Orientalism and the historical development of the discipline of Religious Studies. It conveys how there have been many centuries of interaction between different religious traditions in Asia and discusses the problem of world religions and the range of concepts.
9781317636465
Asia--Religion.