Religions of Asia today
By: John L. Esposito, Darrell J. Fasching, Todd Lewis.
Contributors: Fasching, Darrell J., 1944-; Lewis, Todd Vernon, 1949-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195373608
Subjects: Asia -- Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Globalization : world religions in everyone's hometown; title: Understanding religious experience and its expressions; title: The great transition : from tribal life to urban life and the emergence of world religions; title: The great religious stories of the world; title: Modernization in global perspective; title: Modern colonialism, the socialist challenge, and the end of modernity; title: Postmodern trends in a postcolonial world; title: Conclusion: We are all heretics in the postmodern situation; title: Indigenous religions; title: Origins of homo religiosus : prehistory; title: Indigenous religious traditions : soul belief and afterlife; title: Indigenous religions today; title: Hinduism; title: Encountering modernity : Hindu challenges to India as a secular state; title: Premodern Hinduism : the formative era; title: Premodern Hinduism : the classical era (180 BCE-900 CE); title: Premodern Hinduism : the post-classical era (900 CE-1500 CE); title: Hinduism and modernity; title: Hinduism and postmodern trends in a postcolonial world; title: Hindu festival practice; title: The religious institutions of contemporary Hinduism; title: Buddhism : ways to Nirvana; title: Encounter with modernity : socially "engaged Buddhism"; title: Premodern Buddhism : the formative era; title: Premodern Buddhism : the classical era; title: The core doctrines; title: Premodern Buddhism : Buddhist expansion; title: Buddhism and modernity; title: Buddhism and postmodern trends in a postcolonial world; title: East Asian religions : traditions of human cultivation and natural harmony; title: Encounter with modernity : postcolonial Confucian economics; title: East Asian religions in the premodern era; title: East Asian religions in the early modern era; title: East Asian religions and postmodern trends in a postcolonial world; title: Islam in Asia; title: The dawn of Islam in Asia; title: The Islamic tradition; title: Jihad; title: The challenge of European colonialism; title: Globalization : from new to New Age religions; title: New religions; title: New Age religions; title: Religious postmodernism and global ethics.