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  • Asian Migrants and Religious Experience

    From Missionary Journeys to Labor Mobility

    Edited by Bernardo Brown, Brenda Yeoh ...
    Series series New Mobilities in Asia
    Typically, scholars approach migrants’ religions as a safeguard of cultural identity, something that connects migrants to their communities of origin. This ethnographic anthology challenges that position by reframing the religious experiences of migrants as a transformative force capable of refashioning narratives of displacement into journeys of spiritual awakening and missionary calling. These ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

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  • The Religious Question in Modern China

    by Vincent Goossaert, David A. Palmer ...
    Recent events—from strife in Tibet and the rapid growth of Christianity in China to the spectacular expansion of Chinese Buddhist organizations around the globe—vividly demonstrate that one cannot understand the modern Chinese world without attending closely to the question of religion. The Religious Question in Modern China highlights parallels and contrasts between historical events, political ... Read more

    $28.09 USD

  • In the Shadows of the State

    Indigenous Politics, Environmentalism, and Insurgency in Jharkhand, India

    by Alpa Shah ...
    In the Shadows of the State suggests that well-meaning indigenous rights and development claims and interventions may misrepresent and hurt the very people they intend to help. It is a powerful critique based on extensive ethnographic research in Jharkhand, a state in eastern India officially created in 2000. While the realization of an independent Jharkhand was the culmination of many years of ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Confucianism as a World Religion

    Contested Histories and Contemporary Realities

    by Anna Sun ...
    Is Confucianism a religion? If so, why do most Chinese think it isn't? From ancient Confucian temples, to nineteenth-century archives, to the testimony of people interviewed by the author throughout China over a period of more than a decade, this book traces the birth and growth of the idea of Confucianism as a world religion.The book begins at Oxford, in the late nineteenth century, when ... Read more

    $18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Modern Spirit of Asia

    The Spiritual and the Secular in China and India

    by Peter van der Veer ...
    A comparative look at religion and spirituality in postcolonial China and IndiaThe Modern Spirit of Asia challenges the notion that modernity in China and India are derivative imitations of the West, arguing that these societies have transformed their ancient traditions in unique and distinctive ways. Peter van der Veer begins with nineteenth-century imperial history, exploring how Western ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Buddhism in the Modern World

    by David L. McMahan ...
    Series series Religions in the Modern World
    Buddhism in the Modern World explores the challenges faced by Buddhism today, the distinctive forms that it has taken and the individuals and movements that have shaped it. Part One discusses the modern history of Buddhism in different geographical regions, from Southeast Asia to North America. Part Two examines key themes including globalization, gender issues, and the ways in which Buddhism has ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Chinese Religious Life

    Edited by David A. Palmer, Glenn Shive, Philip L. Wickeri ...
    Written by a team of internationally renowned scholars, this volume provides an in-depth introduction to religion in contemporary China. Instead of adopting the traditional focus on pre-modern religious history and doctrinal traditions, Chinese Religious Life examines the social dimensions of religious life, with essays devoted to religion in urban, rural, and ethnic minority settings; to the ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Buddhism in Canada

    Edited by Bruce Matthews ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
    Buddhism has become a major religion in Canada over the last half-century. The 'ethnic Buddhism' associated with immigrant Asian people is the most important aspect, but there is also a growing constituency of Euro-Canadian Buddhists seriously interested in the faith. This insightful study analyzes the phenomenon of Buddhism in Canada from a regional perspective. The work provides an important ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • How the World's Religions are Responding to Climate Change

    Social Scientific Investigations

    Edited by Robin Globus Veldman, Andrew Szasz, Randolph Haluza-DeLay ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research
    A growing chorus of voices has suggested that the world’s religions may become critical actors as the climate crisis unfolds, particularly in light of international paralysis on the issue. In recent years, many faiths have begun to address climate change and its consequences for human societies, especially the world’s poor. This is the first volume to use social science to examine how religions ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Subaltern Movements in India

    Gendered Geographies of Struggle Against Neoliberal Development

    by Manisha Desai ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
    Social struggles in India target both the state and private corporations. Three subaltern struggles against development in Gujarat, India, succeeded, to varying degrees, due to legalism from below and translocal solidarity, but that success has been compromised by its gendered geographies.Based on extensive field research, this book examines the reasons for the three social movements succeess. It ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Buddhism in America

    Global Religion, Local Contexts

    by Scott A. Mitchell ...
    Buddhism in America provides the most comprehensive and up to date survey of the diverse landscape of US Buddhist traditions, their history and development, and current methodological trends in the study of Buddhism in the West, located within the translocal flow of global Buddhist culture.Divided into three parts (Histories; Traditions; Frames), this introduction traces Buddhism's history and ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Worldly Wonder

    Religions Enter Their Ecological Phase

    by Mary Evelyn Tucker, Judith Berling ...
    Series series Master Hsüan Hua Memorial Lecture
    History illustrates the power of religion to bring about change. Mary Evelyn Tucker describes how world religions have begun to move from a focus on God-human and human-human relations to encompass human-earth relations. She argues that, in light of the environmental crisis, religion should move from isolated orthodoxy to interrelated dialogue and use its authority for liberation rather than ... Read more

    $17.99 USD