Routledge Handbook of Religions in Asia

Synopsis

The Routledge Handbook of Religions in Asia provides a contemporary and comprehensive overview of religion in contemporary Asia. Compiled and introduced by Bryan S. Turner and Oscar Salemink, the Handbook contains specially written chapters by experts in their respective fields. The wide-ranging introduction discusses issues surrounding Orientalism and the historical development of the discipline of Religious Studies. It conveys how there have been many centuries of interaction between different religious traditions in Asia and discusses the problem of world religions and the range of concepts, such as high and low traditions, folk and formal religions, popular and orthodox developments. Individual chapters are presented in the following five sections: 　 Asian Origins: religious formations Missions, States and Religious Competition Reform Movements and Modernity Popular Religions Religion and Globalization: social dimensions 　 Striking a balance between offering basic information about religious cultures in Asia and addressing the complexity of employing a western terminology in societies with radically different traditions, this advanced level reference work will be essential reading for students, researchers and scholars of Asian Religions, Sociology, Anthropology, Asian Studies and Religious Studies.

Copyright:

2015

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

450 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781317636458

Related ISBNs:

9781138312678, 9780415635035, 9781315758534

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

09/23/23

Copyrighted By:

Bryan S. Turner and Oscar Salemink

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Reference, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies

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Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Bryan S. Turner

Edited by:

Oscar Salemink