Empire and the Meaning of Religion in Northeast Asia

Manchuria 1900–1945

Thomas David DuBois (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

260 Seiten

2016
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-16640-0 (ISBN)

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DuBois shows how religion shaped the commercial, political and social development of a key region of Asia, revealing how many of these changes shaped the global personality of religion as we know it today. It will be of great interest to both scholars and students of Asian history alike.

Manchuria entered the twentieth century as a neglected backwater of the dying Qing dynasty, and within a few short years became the focus of intense international rivalry to control its resources and shape its people. This book examines the place of religion in the development of Manchuria from the late nineteenth century to the collapse of the Japanese Empire in 1945. Religion was at the forefront in this period of intense competition, not just between armies but also among different models of legal, commercial, social and spiritual development, each of which imagining a very specific role for religion in the new society. Debates over religion in Manchuria extended far beyond the region, and shaped the personality of religion that we see today. This book is an ambitious contribution to the field of Asian history and to the understanding of the global meaning and practice of the role of religion.

Thomas David DuBois is a leading scholar of religion in East Asian history, and is the author of Religion and the Making of Modern East Asia (Cambridge, 2011) and Sacred Village: Social Change and Religious Life in Rural North China (2005). His work has been published in Arabic, Chinese and Russian translation.

Introduction; 1. Foundations of religion in society in Manchuria; 2. From the blood of the martyrs; 3. The mind of empire; 4. Piety in print; 5. The laws of men; 6. A charitable view; 7. Manchukuo's filial sons; 8. May God bless Manchukuo; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography.

Erscheinungsdatum	06.01.2017
Zusatzinfo	3 Maps; 18 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 234 mm
Gewicht	500 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	1-107-16640-3 / 1107166403
ISBN-13	978-1-107-16640-0 / 9781107166400
Zustand	Neuware