New religious movements in modern Asian history: sociocultural alternatives
The new religious movements (NRMs) of Modern Asia commonly offered a new way of hope for enduring the socio-political situation of colonial life. This volume explores particular cases in relation to the aspects of origin, identity, transnational activity, text, hybrid conditions, religionized politi...
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Format: | Electronic Book |
Language: | English |
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Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
Published: |
Lanham
Lexington Books
[2020]
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In: | Year: 2020 |
Series/Journal: | Ethnographies of religion
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Asia
/ Religious movement
/ New religion
/ Socio-cultural change
/ Decolonisation
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Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Cults-Asia B Electronic books |
Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: 9781793634023 |
Summary: | The new religious movements (NRMs) of Modern Asia commonly offered a new way of hope for enduring the socio-political situation of colonial life. This volume explores particular cases in relation to the aspects of origin, identity, transnational activity, text, hybrid conditions, religionized politics, geopolitical exchange, and millennialism. |
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Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 285 Seiten), Illustrationen |
ISBN: | 1793634033 |