Religious pluralism, state and society in Asia / edited by Chiara Formichi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Formichi, Chiara, 1982-

Series:

Routledge Religion in Contemporary Asia Series

Routledge religion in contemporary Asia series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious pluralism--Asia.

Religious pluralism.

Religion and state--Asia.

Religion and state.

Religion and sociology--Asia.

Religion and sociology.

Asia--Religion.

Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Taking a critical approach to the concept of 'religious pluralism', this book examines whether Asian societies favour one religion over a number of different religious traditions. It looks at the quality of relations that emerge in encounters among people of different religious traditions or among people who hold different visions within the same tradition. Chapters focus in particular on the places of everyday religious diversity in Asian societies in order to explore how religious groups have confronted new situations of religious diversity. The book goes on to explore the conditions under which active religious pluralism emerges (or not) from material contexts of diversity"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover ; Religious Pluralism, State and Society in Asia ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; List of illustrations ; List of abbreviations ; Contributors ; Acknowledgements ; 1 Religious pluralism, state and society in Asia; Part I Pluralism and the state; 2 Urbanization, civil society and religious pluralism in Indonesia and Turkey; 3 Sacred sites and social conflict: Yasukuni shrine and religious pluralism in Japanese society; 4 Hierarchical plurality: State, religion and pluralism in southwest China; 5 Literacy wars: Children's education and weekend madrasahs in Singapore

Part II Conviviality in the city6 In the name of God: South Asian Muslims in a Chinese temple fair in Hong Kong; 7 Sweetness and light: The bright side of pluralism in a Rajasthan town; 8 Overcoming 'hierarchized conviviality' in the Manila metropolis: Religious pluralism and urbanization in the Philippines; 9 Actually existing religious pluralism in Kuala Lumpur; Part III Pluralism and individual identities; 10 Cosmopolitan Islam and inclusive Chineseness: Chinese-style Mosques in Indonesia; 11 Ramadan in the newsroom: Malaysiakini, Tempo, and the state in Indonesia and Malaysia

12 Pluralist currents and counter-currents in the Indonesian mass media: The case of Anand Krishna13 A Sufi, Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist, TV Guru: Anandmurti Gurumaa; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 23, 2013).

Contains:

Kersten, Carool. Urbanization, civil society and religious pluralism in Indonesia and Turkey.

ISBN:

1-134-57542-4

0-8153-7469-0

1-315-88756-8

1-134-57535-1

9781315887562

OCLC:

862047266