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

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