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Informationen zum Autor David W. Kim is honorary lecturer at the Australian National University, Canberra, visiting scholar at Harvard University, USA, and associate professor at Kookmin University, South Korea. David W. Kim is honorary lecturer at the Australian National University, Canberra, visiting scholar at Harvard University, USA, and associate professor at Kookmin University, South Korea. Klappentext The new religious movements (NRMs) of Modern Asia commonly offered a new way of hope for enduring the socio-political situation of colonial life. This volume explores particular cases in relation to the aspects of origin, identity, transnational activity, text, hybrid conditions, religionized politics, geopolitical exchange, and millennialism. Zusammenfassung The new religious movements (NRMs) of Modern Asia commonly offered a new way of hope for enduring the socio-political situation of colonial life. This volume explores particular cases in relation to the aspects of origin, identity, transnational activity, text, hybrid conditions, religionized politics, geopolitical exchange, and millennialism. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...
