Neue religiöse Bewegungen in Asien - soziokulturelle Alternativen

 

David W. Kim (ed.)

New Religious Movements in Modern Asian History

Sociocultural Alternatives - Foreword: Eileen Barker

Washington, DC et alii (USA): Rowman & Littlefield [Lexington Books] 2020, 306 pp.

CONTRIBUTIONS:
DAVID W. KIM; LAUREN DOVER; CATHARINE DADA; FABIO SCIALPI;
LIONEL OBADIA; CHRISTOPHER HARTNEY; NIKOLAS BROY;
EMMA LEVERTON; PETRA TLČIMUKOVÁ; JIRO SAWAI; 
LEONARDO SACCO

--- ISBN 978-1-7936-3402-3 •  

This book provides evidence that the emergence of Asian new religious movements (NRMs) was predominantly the result of anti-colonial ideology from local religious groups or individuals. The contributors argue that when traditional religions were powerless to maintain their cultural heritage, the leadership of NRMs adduced alternative principles, and the new teachings of each NRM attracted the local people enough for them to change their beliefs. The contributors argue that, as a whole, the Asian new religious movements overall were very ardent and progressive in transmitting their new ideologies. The varied viewpoints in this volume attest to the consistent development of Asian NRMs from domestic and international dimensions by replacing old, traditional religions.

CONTENTS / INHALTSVERZEICHNIS

Foreword: Eileen Barker

Acknowledgments

List of Figures

Introduction: David W. Kim

Part One: West, South, and Southeast Asia

1. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat: A New Religious Movement Derived from Islam? Lauren Dover

2. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the Art of Living and the International Association
   for Human Values --- Catharine Dada

3. The Radhasoami Satsang: A New Religion between Mysticism
   and Social Service --- Fabio Scialpi

4. When New is Not-So-New: On the Meaning of “Modern”
   in a New Tibetan Movement: The New Kadampa Tradition --- Lionel Obadia

5. The Thánh Ngôn Hiệp Tuyển: Translating and Understanding
   the Central Scripture of Caodaism --- Christopher Hartney

Part Two: East Asia

6. The Filial Sectarian: Confucian Values and Popular Sects
   in Late Imperial China and Modern Taiwan --- Nikolas Broy

7. International Moral Association (IMA): A Chinese New Religious Movement
   in Modern Korea --- David W. Kim

8. The (New) Religious Dimensions of Juche-Kimilsungism --- Emma Leverton

9. Dislocating Sōka Gakkai International:
   The Case of Sōka Gakkai International-Czech Republic --- Petra Tlčimuková

10. Scriptures and Their Restoration: 
    A Case Study of Tenrikyō --- Jiro Sawai

11. Aum Shinrikyō: Millenarianism, Anti-Semitism, and Fundamentalism --- Leonardo Sacco

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