New Religious Movements in Modern Asian History

Sociocultural Alternatives

Buch | Hardcover

306 Seiten

2020
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-3402-3 (ISBN)

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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.

David W. Kim is associate professor of Asian history, College of General Education, Kookmin University, Seoul and visiting fellow at the School of History, Australian National University, Canberra.

Foreword by Eileen Barker

Acknowledgments

List of Figures

Introduction

David W. Kim

Part One: West, South, and Southeast Asia

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

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the Art of Living and the International Association for Human Values

Catharine Dada

The Radhasoami Satsang: A New Religion between Mysticism and Social Service

Fabio Scialpi

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

Lionel Obadia

The Thánh Ngôn Hiệp Tuyển: Translating and Understanding the Central Scripture of Caodaism

Christopher Hartney

Part Two: East Asia

The Filial Sectarian: Confucian Values and Popular Sects in Late Imperial China and Modern Taiwan

Nikolas Broy

International Moral Association (IMA): A Chinese New Religious Movement in Modern Korea

David W. Kim

The (New) Religious Dimensions of Juche-Kimilsungism

Emma Leverton

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

Aum Shinrikyō: Millenarianism, Anti-Semitism, and Fundamentalism

Leonardo Sacco

About the Editor and Contributors

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Reihe/Serie	Ethnographies of Religion
Co-Autor	David W. Kim, Lauren Dover, Catharine Dada
Vorwort	Eileen Barker
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 228 mm
Gewicht	590 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-7936-3402-5 / 1793634025
ISBN-13	978-1-7936-3402-3 / 9781793634023
Zustand	Neuware