Religious Encounters in Transcultural Society: Collision, Alteration, and Transmission (Ethnographies of Religion)

This volume focuses on the various phenomena of religious encounters in a transcultural society where religion or religious traditions play a significant role in a multi-cultural concept. Religious Encounters in Transcultural Society is divided into three parts: Islamic encounters with regional religions, East Asian religious encounters, and alternative religious encounters. This book evokes the fact that religious encounters exist in every transcultural society even though they often remain hidden behind socio-cultural issues. The situation can be changed, but one culture cannot harmoniously and always contain two or multi-beliefs. The issue of religious encounters mostly arises in the transnational process of religious globalization. Acknowledgements List of Tables and Figures Introduction Part One: Islamic Encounters An Inter-Religious Perspective: The Dialogue of Islam within Abrahamic Religions in the 21st Century Farooq Hassan Who is My Neighbour?: The Laïcité-Islam Encounter in France Pauline C. H. Kollontai The Cultural Muslim, Secularization and the Academic Study of Islam Milad Milani Ummah vs Citizenship: Multi-religious Societies and the Question of Clash of Loyalties with Focus on Muslims of New Zealand Mortaza Shams Part Two: East Asian Religious Encounters Chinese Tibetan Buddhists and the Confucian Revival in Contemporary China Joshua Esler Narrative Hybridity of Folk Daoism and National Religion: Religious Imagination in Early Twentieth Century Korean Literature Sooyoun Kim The Silk Letter: A Case of Transcultural Religious Conversion and Conflict Kevin N. Cawley Japanese Religions Outside of Japan: A Case Study of Tenrikyo Missionary Work in Congo and Nepal Midori Horiuchi Part Three: Alternative Religious Encounters The Relevance and Limits of “Hybridization” Theory: The Case of Jubus, “Jewish-Buddhists” Lionel Obadia A Sethian Religious Encounter: The Astrological Cosmology of an Egyptian Gnostic Community in Tchacos Codex David W. Kim World Rastafarianism and Challenges to the Status of the Rasta Women Stephen D. Glazier Deus and Shangti: Chinese Rites Controversy Daniel S. H. Ahn Index List of Contributions Religious Encounters in Transcultural Society is divided into three parts: Islamic encounters with regional religions, East Asian religious encounters, and alternative religious encounters. This book evokes the fact that religious encounters exist in every transcultural society even though they often remain hidden behind socio-cultural issues. The situation can be changed, but one culture cannot harmoniously and always contain two or multi-beliefs. The issue of religious encounters mostly arises in the transnational process of religious globalization. -- Provided by Publisher This Book Examines The Condition Of Religious Organizations Or Teachings Within A Different Culture Where One Or More Indigenous Religions Are Already Present.