Contemporary religious movements in Taiwan
Subtitle: rhetorics of persuasion
By: Kai-Ti Chou ; with a foreword by Philip S. Alexander.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lewiston, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9780773452411
Subjects: Taiwan -- Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Defining contemporary religions; title: Defining new adherents; title: The book's approach; title: The Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation and the Taiwan Falun Dafa Association as case studies; title: Appropriate access; title: Role of the researcher; title: Fantasy-theme analysis; title: An alternative to secularisation theory; title: Outline of the study; title: Religion in Chinese/Taiwanese society; title: Religion in Chinese/Taiwanese society; title: The dominance of confucian political theology; title: Folk religion; title: The weak position of institutional religion; title: Taiwanese religions and modern society : the impact of modernisation; title: The rise of civil society : a social structural change; title: The changing mentality; title: Religious secularisation and chinese society; title: The crisis and change in religious communication; title: The Tzu Chi Buddhist foundation as traditional religious revivalism; title: The profile of Tzu Chi : first impressions; title: The operation of the organisation; title: Apparent identity; title: Heterogeneity; title: Marketing; title: The approach of cultivation : the path of Bodhisattva; title: The idea of "Buddhism in the human realm"; title: Great love; title: The importance of practice; title: The atmosphere of a congregation; title: Adoration of master cheng yen; title: Paternalism; title: Wenqing zhuyi; title: Self-pride; title: Cosmetology of Tzu Chi; title: The four noble truths : suffering; title: The idea of karma; title: Reincarnation; title: Retribution; title: Summary : Tzu Chi as a Buddhist revival; title: Falun Gong as a new religious movement; title: The profile of Falun Gong; title: A loosely organised organisation; title: Health benefit attractions; title: Strong commitment; title: Homogeneity vs. heterogeneity : a sociological observation; title: The cultivation approach : both mind and body; title: Qigong practice; title: Heritage of the daoist religion : one master and mantra of practice; title: Studying the dharma (xuefa); title: Asceticism; title: Getting rid of attachments : a Buddhist idea; title: The necessity of tribulation; title: The idea of regimen; title: The atmosphere of a congregation; title: Self-pride : "cultivator" as an idiolect; title: Egocentricity; title: Apocalypse; title: Cosmology; title: The structure of the universe; title: The war between good and evil forces; title: Summary : a new religious syncretism; title: Tzu Chi and Falun Gong's rhetorical visions and their implications; title: The phenomena of shared fantasies; title: The fantasy theme of the discourse; title: Theme of setting : the sacred vs. the profane; title: Theme of character; title: Plot; title: The sanctioning agent : crisis; title: Discourse fantasy type; title: Tzu Chi's fantasy types; title: Falun Gong's fantasy types; title: Tzu Chi and Falun Gong's rhetorical visions; title: The hall of mirrors; title: The implications of rhetorical visions; title: The sociolinguistic implications of rhetorical visions; title: The explanatory power of rhetorical vision and the theories of conversion; title: Why do Tzu Chi and Falun Gong's rhetorical visions not attract everyone?