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Description

This book provides evidence that the emergence of Asian new religious movements (NRMs) was predominantly the result of anti-colonial ideology from local religious groups or individuals. The contributors argue that when traditional religions were powerless to maintain their cultural heritage, the leadership of NRMs adduced alternative principles, and the new teachings of each NRM attracted the local people enough for them to change their beliefs. The contributors argue that, as a whole, the Asian new religious movements overall were very ardent and progressive in transmitting their new ideologies. The varied viewpoints in this volume attest to the consistent development of Asian NRMs from domestic and international dimensions by replacing old, traditional religions.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Eileen Barker

Acknowledgments

List of Figures

Introduction
David W. Kim

Part One: West, South, and Southeast Asia

1.The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat: A New Religious Movement Derived from Islam? Lauren Dover

2.Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the Art of Living and the International Association for Human Values
Catharine Dada

3.The Radhasoami Satsang: A New Religion between Mysticism and Social Service
Fabio Scialpi

4.When New is Not-So-New: On the Meaning of “Modern” in a New Tibetan Movement: The New Kadampa Tradition
Lionel Obadia

5.The Thánh Ngôn Hi?p Tuy?n: Translating and Understanding the Central Scripture of Caodaism
Christopher Hartney

Part Two: East Asia

6.The Filial Sectarian: Confucian Values and Popular Sects in Late Imperial China and Modern Taiwan
Nikolas Broy

7.International Moral Association (IMA): A Chinese New Religious Movement in Modern Korea
David W. Kim

8.The (New) Religious Dimensions of Juche-Kimilsungism
Emma Leverton

9.Dislocating Sok

Product details

Published Sep 30 2020
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 306
ISBN 9781793634023
Imprint Lexington Books
Illustrations 7 b/w illustrations; 1 tables;
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

David W. Kim

Contributor

David W. Kim

Contributor

Lauren Dover

Contributor

Catharine Dada

Contributor

Fabio Scialpi

Contributor

Lionel Obadia

Contributor

Nikolas Broy

Contributor

Emma Leverton

Contributor

Jiro Sawai

Contributor

Leonardo Sacco

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