Overview
The religious landscape in Asia has long been diverse, with various forms of syncretic traditions and pragmatic practices continuously having been challenged by centrifugal forces of differentiation. This anthology explores representations and managements of religious diversity in Japan, China, South Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and diaspora religions originating in these countries, seen through the lenses of history, identity, state, ritual and geography. In addition to presenting empirical cases, the chapters also address theoretical and methodological reflections using Asia as a laboratory for further comparative research of the relevance and use of 'religious diversity'. Religious Diversity in Asia was made possible by a framework grant from the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation allowing the grant holder (Jørn Borup) and two colleagues (Marianne Q. Fibiger and Lene Kühle) to host a workshop at Aarhus University and to co-arrange workshops in Delhi and Nagoya. We would like to thank professors Arshad Alam and Michiaki Okuyama for hosting these latter workshops at Jawaharlal Nehru University and Nanzan University, and we would like to thank Professor Chong-Suh Kim for the invitation for Jørn Borup to visit Seoul National University. We would also like to extend our gratitude to all the scholars who participated in the workshops and to all the authors we subsequently invited to contribute to our endeavor to create this academically relevant volume.
Full Product Details
Author: Jørn Borup ,
Marianne Qvortrup Fibiger ,
Lene Kühle
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Volume: 34
Weight: 0.677kg
ISBN: 9789004415799
ISBN 10: 9004415793
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 10 October 2019
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Author Information
Jørn Borup, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at Department of the Study of Religion at Aarhus University. He has published various monographs, edited volumes and articles on Buddhism (in East and West), spirituality, migration and religious diversity. Marianne Qvortrup Fibiger, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University. Her main research field is Hinduism in Diaspora, guru worship and yoga in the West. She has primarily edited and published within these subjects. Lene Kühle, Ph.D., is professor WSR at Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University. She has published widely in English and Danish on religious diversity, Muslims in Denmark, radicalisation and religion in public institutions. Contributors are: Donald Baker, Ugo Dessi, Chung Van Hoang, Ayelet Harel-Shalev, Noa Levy, Gideon Elazar, Santosh K. Singh, Yu Tao, Ed Griffith, Satoko Fujiwara, Uwe Skoda, Tudor Silva, Martin Tsang, Marianne Q. Fibiger, Jørn Borup, Lene Kühle.
