Routledge Handbook of Religions in Asia

Introduction: Constructing religion and religions in Asia Bryan S. Turner and Oscar Salemink Asian Origins: religious formations The Invention of Religions in East Asia Jason Ananda JosephsonRevealing the Vedas in 'Hinduism': Foundations and Issues of Interpretations of Religion in South Asian Hindu Traditions Andrea Marion Pinkney Dual Belief in Heaven and Spirits: The Metaphysical Foundation of Confucian Morality Kwang-kuo HwangSikhism and its Changing Social Structure Surinder Jodhka and Kristina Myrvold  Missions, States and Religious CompetitionCatholicism in India Thomas J. Csordas and Amrita KurianThe Localization of Roman Catholicism: Radical Transcendence and Social Empathy in a Philippine Town Julius BautistaThe Spread of Islam in Asia through Trade and Sufism (ninth-nineteenth century) Paul Wormser Reform Movements and ModernityShinto's Modern Transformations: From Imperial Cult to Nature Worship Aike P. RotsIslamic Reform in Asia Irfan AhmadEngaged Buddhism in 1920s Japan: the Young East mission for social reform, global Buddhism and world peace Judith SnodgrassConversion in post-Mao China: from "Rice Christians" to "Cultural Christians" Zheng Yangwen Popular Religions Shamanism in Eurasia: A Mongolian case study in a comparative light Morten Axel PedersenChinese folk festivals Thomas DuBoisPopular Buddhism: Monks, Magic and Amulets James TaylorSpirit worship and possession in Vietnam and beyond Oscar Salemink Popular Qigong and Transnational Falun Gong Inside and Outside Post-Mao China Scott Dalby Shrines, Religious Healing, and Pilgrimage in South Asia Carla BellamyRevitalised Sufism and the New Piety Movements in Islamic Southeast Asia Julia Day Howell Religion and Globalization: social dimensions Reading Gender and Religion in East Asia: Family Formations and Cultural Transformations Fang-Long ShiConfucian Values and East Asian Capitalism: A Variable Weberian Trajectory Jack BarbaletReligion and Asia's Middle Classes Daromir RudnyckyjBuddhism: modernization or globalization? Lionel ObadiaHinduism and Globalization: Gurus, Yoga and Migration in Northern Europe Knut Axel JacobsenInternet and Religion in Asia Sam HanGlobalising the Asian Muslim Umma: Alternating Movements East-West of Spirituality, Reform and Militant Jihad Pnina WerbnerAsian Pentecostalism: Revivals, Mega-Churches, and Social Engagement Terence Chong and Daniel P.S. Goh Conclusion 28.     Religion, Religions and Modernization Bryan S. Turner