New religious movements in modern Asian history sociocultural alternatives

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat : A New Religious Movement Derived from Islam? / Lauren Dover -- The Thánh Ngôn Hiệp Tuyển: Translating and Understanding the Central Scripture of Caodaism / Christopher Hartney -- Dislocating Sōka Gakkai International : The Case of Sōka Gakkai International-Czech Republi...

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Weitere Verfasser: Kim, David W. (HerausgeberIn), Barker, Eileen (VerfasserIn eines Vorworts)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London Lexington Books 2020
Schriftenreihe:Ethnographies of religion
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Zusammenfassung:The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat : A New Religious Movement Derived from Islam? / Lauren Dover -- The Thánh Ngôn Hiệp Tuyển: Translating and Understanding the Central Scripture of Caodaism / Christopher Hartney -- 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.
"The new religious movements (NRMs) of Modern Asia commonly offered a new way of hope for enduring the socio-political situation of colonial life. This volume explores particular cases in relation to the aspects of origin, identity, transnational activity, text, hybrid conditions, religionized politics, geopolitical exchange, and millennialism"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xix, 285 Seiten
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ISBN:9781793634023
978-1-7936-3402-3
9781793634047
978-1-7936-3404-7