Religion and the Making of Modern East Asia (Paperback)

Religious ideas and actors have shaped Asian cultural practices for millennia, and have played a decisive role in charting the course of its history. In this engaging and informative book, Thomas David DuBois sets out to explain how religion has influenced the political, social, and economic transformation of Asia from the fourteenth century to the present day. Crossing a broad terrain from Tokyo to Tibet, the book highlights long-term trends and key moments, such as the expulsion of Catholic missionaries from Japan, or the Taiping Rebellion in China, when religion dramatically transformed the political fate of a nation. Contemporary chapters reflect on the wartime deification of the Japanese emperor, Marxism as religion, the persecution of the Dalai Lama, and the fate of Asian religion in a globalized world.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	New Approaches to Asian History
Release date:	April 2011
First published:	April 2011
Authors:	Thomas David DuBois
Dimensions:	226 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-40040-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > History of religion Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion
LSN:	1-107-40040-6
Barcode:	9781107400405

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