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...John D. Rogers Buddhism Transformed: Religious Change in Sri Lanka . By Richard Gombrich and Gananath Obeyesekere . Princeton : Princeton University Press , 1988 . xvi , 484 pp. $49.50. The Buddhist Revival in Sri Lanka: Religious Tradition, Reinterpretation and Response...

... missionary work in Japan. In that way, it shares concerns with Suter's work because the contemporary time periods of their studies somewhat overlap. However, Mohr is more concerned with religious and philosophical cause and effect, while Suter emphasizes changing political and social contexts from which...

... the religious nationalism emerging from the First Indochina War. The spiritual dimension of the Republic's Personalist Revolution did not involve state interference in all religious activities. Instead, it promoted religious freedom and diversity, provided that the spiritual values they propagated opposed...

...Michael Edwards [email protected] Baptizing Burma: Religious Change in the Last Buddhist Kingdom . By Alexandra Kaloyanides . New York : Columbia University Press , 2023 . 312 pp. ISBN: 9780231199858 . Karma and Grace: Religious Difference in Millennial Sri...

... this often-neglected element central to the making of Hong Kong's identity today. In studying the religious role in Chinese societies, the sociologist C. K. Yang famously proposed the notion of diffused religion, which became a classic theory for the study of Chinese religions. According to Yang...

... to scholars of contemporary Asian religions or transnational religious movements but also to anyone interested in the effects of coloniality and modernity on religious and social personhoods and the development of contemporary spiritual selves. Some authors identify as scholar-practitioners, providing...

... the identities of Hong Kongers versus mainland Chinese, they also produced discussions over the positions and experiences of Hong Kong's “ethnic minorities,” many of whom are religious minorities. Often racialized and seen as outsiders by Han Hong Kongers, ethnoreligious minorities were reluctant to take sides...

...H. S. Sum Cheuk Shing Abstract This essay explores how and why protestors from the 2019 anti-ELAB (Extradition Law Amendment Bill) movement turned to popular Chinese religious practice for political dissent, and simultaneously tracks the negotiation of emerging sociocultural identities of Hong...

... and foreign tourists. Her theoretical innovation and analytical focus are valuable contributions to many academic fields, including religious studies, cultural studies, anthropology and global studies. Chapter 5 turns the book's focus onto the tourists and discusses their self-transformation through...

...Pranav Verma Abstract It has been nearly seven decades since the Indian Supreme Court laid down the “essential religious practices” test to determine which religious practices are granted constitutional protection against state regulation. This article surveys the forty-three cases in which...

...James Hoesterey What Is Religious Authority? Cultivating Islamic Communities in Indonesia . By Ismail Fajrie Alatas . Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press , 2021 . xvi, 268 pp. ISBN: 9780691204314 . © 2024 Association for Asian Studies 2024 Over the last couple...

...Jerome B. Grieder Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1974 1974 The West in Russia and China: Religious and Secular Thought in Modern Times . By Donald W. Treadgold . Cambridge University Press , 1973 . Vol. 1 : Russia , 1472–1917. xl, 324 pp. $12.95. Vol. 2: China...

... “the journey to self-acceptance,” and an experience that ultimately became a central feature of the doctrine of universal salvation he preached. Although he sought above all to bridge the gulf between priest and layman and specifically disclaimed any ambition to found a new sect, let alone a religious dynasty...

...Michael Yahuda Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1981 1981 Oriental Thought: An Introduction to the Philosophical and Religious Thought of Asia . By Yong Choon Kim . Totowa, N.J. : Littlefield, Adams , 1981 . xi, 125 pp. Index. $3.95 (paper). VOL. XLI, N O . 1 JOURNAL...

...Whalen Lai The Religious Philosophy of Nishitani Keiji . Edited by Taitetsu Unno . Berkeley : Asian Humanities Press , 1989 . xiv, 350 pp. $60.00 (cloth); $25.00 (paper). The Self-Overcoming of Nihilism . By Nishitani Keiji . Translated by Graham Parkes with Setsuko Aihara...

...Stephen R. Bokenkamp The World in Miniature: Container Gardens and Dwellings in Far Eastern Religious Thought . By Rolf A. Stein ; translated by Phyllis Brooks . Foreword by Edward H. Schafer. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press , 1990 . xix, 393 pp. $39.50. Copyright ©...

...John R. Bowen Muslim Travellers: Pilgrimage, Migration, and the Religious Imagination . Edited by Dale F. Eickelman and James Piscatori . Comparative Studies in Muslim Societies, Volume 9. Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press , 1990 . xxii, 281 pp. $45.00...

...Ronald Y. Nakasone Reaching for the Moon: On Asian Religious Paths . By Kenneth W. Morgan . Chambersburg, Penn. : Anima Publications , 1990 . 207 pp. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1991 1991 BOOK REVIEWS ASIA GENERAL 645 by Susana B. G. Devalle deals...

...Theodore M. Ludwig The Religious Philosophy of Tanabe Hajime: the Metanoetic Imperative . Edited by Taitetsu Unno and James W. Heisig . Berkeley : Asian Humanities Press , 1990 . xiii, 399 pp. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1991 1991 BOOK REVIEWS JAPAN 705...

...Jose Ignacio Cabezon Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1988 1988 Equality and the Religious Traditions of Asia . Edited by R. Siriwardena . New York : St. Martin's Press , 1987 . 157 pp. $29.95. BOOK REVIEWS ASIA GENERAL 331 of the feminine, female roles...