Unique local transformations of the practice of established
religions in Asia and the Pacific are juxtaposed with the emergence
of new religious movements whose incidence is growing across the
region. In "Flows of Faith," the contributing authors take as their
starting point questions of how religions manifest outside their
cultural boundaries and provide the basis for new social
identities, political movements and social transformations.
With fresh insights into the globalization of beliefs, their
local inflections, and their institutionalization, the authors
explore how old and new religions work in different settings, and
how their reception and membership challenge orthodox
understandings of religion and culture.
The chapters - set in Asia, the Pacific, Australia, and the US -
illustrate the contrasts and commonalities of these belief systems,
and their allegiances and networks in the region and beyond. They
include new religious movements - Falun Gong, Brahma Kumaris, the
Hare Krishna movement, based in East and South Asia with outreach
posts in Australia and the U.S. - and established 'old' religions -
Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam - that are revitalized
and recreated in different settings and places.
"Flows of Faith" describes the transnational reaches of faith.
Religious practices and their local manifestations track the
movement of peoples, through mission outreach, flight, migration,
and pilgrimage. In each new setting, religions are shaped by and in
turn shape political and cultural forces, proving that they are
resilient and generative, originary and distinctive.
The volume is a major contribution, providing readers with a
fresh and creative approach into the living experience of religious
communities in a contemporary globalised world.
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