Global Dao: The Making of Transnational Yiguandao
This paper seeks to explore how the religious movement Yiguandao (“Way of Pervading Unity”) is building a transnational and transcultural network through its global missionary work. Building on ethnographic data from fieldwork conducted in Taiwan, Austria, South Africa, the US, and Japan in 2016-201...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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| In: |
Annual review of the sociology of religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 11, Pages: 174-193 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Yiguan Dao
/ Transnationaization
/ History 1940-2020
B Vienna / Yiguan Dao |
| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AZ New religious movements BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism |
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| Summary: | This paper seeks to explore how the religious movement Yiguandao (“Way of Pervading Unity”) is building a transnational and transcultural network through its global missionary work. Building on ethnographic data from fieldwork conducted in Taiwan, Austria, South Africa, the US, and Japan in 2016-2018 as well as on published Yiguandao materials and online resources, this contribution seeks to explore the global spread of Yiguandao from three different angles: first, by exploring the overall development of Yiguandao’s global proselytization from the mid-1940s to the present; second, by taking a micro look at the history and activities of a particular congregation belonging to Andong division and located in Vienna, Austria; and third, by analyzing six patterns of transnational development and transculturation. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Annual review of the sociology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004443327_011 |