Overview

Taking a critical approach to the concept of ‘religious pluralism’, this book examines the dynamics of religious co-existence in Asia as they are directly addressed by governments, or indirectly managed by groups and individuals. 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.

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Author:   Chiara Formichi (City University of Hong Kong)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9780415838849

ISBN 10:   0415838843
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   10 September 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"1. Religious Pluralism, State and Society in Asia Part 1: 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 Education and Weekend Madrasahs in Singapore Part 2: Conviviality in the City 6. 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 3: Pluralism and Individual Identities 10. Cosmopolitan Islam and inclusive Chinese-ness: 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 Krishna 13. A Sufi, Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist, TV Guru: Anandmurti Gurumaa"

Reviews

"""Formichi has edited an important book of essays focused on the concept of religious pluralism in Asian societies. Summing Up: Recommended"" - L. H Mamiya, Vassar College in CHOICE"

Formichi has edited an important book of essays focused on the concept of religious pluralism in Asian societies. Summing Up: Recommended - L. H Mamiya, Vassar College in CHOICE

""Formichi has edited an important book of essays focused on the concept of religious pluralism in Asian societies. Summing Up: Recommended"" - L. H Mamiya, Vassar College in CHOICE

Author Information

Chiara Formichi is Assistant Professor at City University of Hong Kong. She holds a PhD in History of Southeast Asia from SOAS (University of London). Her publications include Islam and the making of the nation: Kartosuwiryo and political Islam in 20th century Indonesia (2012) and the edited volume Shi‘ism and Beyond: Alid piety in Muslim Southeast Asia.

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