New Religious Movements in Modern Asian History: Sociocultural Alternatives
Kim, David W
New Religious Movements in Modern Asian History: Sociocultural Alternatives - Lanham Lexington Books 2020 - 285p - Ethnographies of Religion .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat : A New Religious Movement Derived from Islam? / Lauren Dover -- The Thánh Ngôn Hiệp Tuyẻ̂n: Translating and Understanding the Central Scripture of Caodaism / Christopher Hartney -- Dislocating Sōka Gakkai International : The Case of Sōka Gakkai International-Czech Republic / Petra Tlčimuková -- Scriptures and Their Restoration: A Case Study of Tenrikyō / Jiro Sawai.
"The new religious movements (NRMs) of Modern Asia commonly offered a new way of hope for enduring the socio-political situation of colonial life. This volume explores particular cases in relation to the aspects of origin, identity, transnational activity, text, hybrid conditions, religionized politics, geopolitical exchange, and millennialism"--
9781793634047
2020032831
Cults--Asia.
Asia--Religious life and customs.
C45.2 / K560
New Religious Movements in Modern Asian History: Sociocultural Alternatives - Lanham Lexington Books 2020 - 285p - Ethnographies of Religion .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat : A New Religious Movement Derived from Islam? / Lauren Dover -- The Thánh Ngôn Hiệp Tuyẻ̂n: Translating and Understanding the Central Scripture of Caodaism / Christopher Hartney -- Dislocating Sōka Gakkai International : The Case of Sōka Gakkai International-Czech Republic / Petra Tlčimuková -- Scriptures and Their Restoration: A Case Study of Tenrikyō / Jiro Sawai.
"The new religious movements (NRMs) of Modern Asia commonly offered a new way of hope for enduring the socio-political situation of colonial life. This volume explores particular cases in relation to the aspects of origin, identity, transnational activity, text, hybrid conditions, religionized politics, geopolitical exchange, and millennialism"--
9781793634047
2020032831
Cults--Asia.
Asia--Religious life and customs.
C45.2 / K560