New Religious Movements in Modern Asian History: Sociocultural Alternatives

By:

Kim, David W [Editor]

Contributor(s):

Barker, Eileen, 1938- [writer of foreword.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Ethnographies of ReligionPublication details: Lanham Lexington Books 2020Description: 285pContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781793634047

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Online version:: New religious movements in modern Asian historyDDC classification:

C45.2 23 K560

Partial contents:

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.

Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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