New Religious Movements in Modern Asian History

Foreword by Eileen Barker

Acknowledgments



List of Figures



Introduction

David W. Kim

Part One: West, South, and Southeast Asia



The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat: A New Religious Movement Derived from Islam? Lauren Dover



Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the Art of Living and the International Association for Human Values

Catharine Dada



The Radhasoami Satsang: A New Religion between Mysticism and Social Service

Fabio Scialpi



When New is Not-So-New: On the Meaning of "Modern" in a New Tibetan Movement: The New Kadampa Tradition

Lionel Obadia



The Thanh Ngon Hi?p Tuy?n: Translating and Understanding the Central Scripture of Caodaism

Christopher Hartney

Part Two: East Asia



The Filial Sectarian: Confucian Values and Popular Sects in Late Imperial China and Modern Taiwan

Nikolas Broy



International Moral Association (IMA): A Chinese New Religious Movement in Modern Korea

David W. Kim



The (New) Religious Dimensions of Juche-Kimilsungism

Emma Leverton



Dislocating Soka Gakkai International: The Case of Soka Gakkai International-Czech Republic

Petra Tlcimukova



Scriptures and Their Restoration: A Case Study of Tenrikyo

Jiro Sawai



Aum Shinrikyo: Millenarianism, Anti-Semitism, and Fundamentalism

Leonardo Sacco

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• História da religião

Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat;Asia;Asian History;Asian religions;Aum Shinrikyo;Caodaism;International Moral Association;Modern History;New Religious Movements;Radhasoami Satsang;Religious History;Soka Gakkai International;Sri Sri Ravi Shankar;Tenrikyo