Contemporary Religious Movements in Taiwan [electronic resource] : Rhetorics of Persuasion

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chou, Kai-Ti.

Chou, Kai-Ti, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Taiwan--Religion.

Taiwan.

Local Subjects:

Taiwan--Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Contemporary Religious Movements in Taiwan

Place of Publication:

Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a study of the recruitment strategies and conversion rhetoric in contemporary religious movements, focusing primarily on two movements in Taiwan, Tzu Chi and Falun Gong. The author demonstrates that an examination of such rhetoric has the potential to provide genuine insights into how a given religion gains adherents. This book contains seven black and white photographs of figures.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgement; Chapter One: Introduction; Defining Contemporary Religion; Defining New Adherents; This Book's Approach; The Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation and Taiwan Falun Dafa Association as Case Studies; Appropriate Access; An Alternative to Secularisation Theory; Outline of the Study; Chapter Two: Religion in Chinese/ Taiwanese Society; Religion in Chinese/Taiwanese Society; Taiwanese Religions and Modern Socirty: The Impact of Modernisation; The Crisis and Change in Religious Communication

Chapter Three: The Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation as Traditional Religious RevivalismA Profile of Tzu Chi: First Impressions; The Approach of Cultivation: the Path of Bodhisattva; The Atmosphere of a Congregation; The Cosmology of Tzu Chi; Summary: Tzu Chi as Buddhist Revival; Chapter Four: Falun Gong as a New Religious Movement; The Profile of Falun Gong; The Cultivation Approach: Both Mind and Body; The Atmosphere of a Congregation; Cosmology; Summary: A New Religious Syncretism; Chapter Five: Tzu Chi and Falun Gong's Rhetorical Visions and their Implications

The Phenonmenon of Shared FantasiesThe Fantasy Theme of Discourse; Discourse Fantasy Type; Tzu Chi and Falun Gong's Rhetorical Visions; The Implications of Rhetorical Visions; Conclusion; Chapter Six: Conclusions, Reflections and Suggestions; Summary; Observant Reflection and Reflexivity; Suggestions; Appendix I: The Attribution of the Tzu-Chi Foundation and Falun Gong; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-7734-1235-2

OCLC:

809769208