Grassroots Asian theology : thinking the faith from the ground up / by Chan, Simon

Table of Contents: “…The Holy Spirit and Spirituality --…”
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Interconnections of Asian diaspora : mapping the linkages and discontinuities /

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Women and Asian religions /

Table of Contents: “…Women living Buddhism in the West : spiritual practice and daily life /…”
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An Asian theology of liberation / by Pieris, Aloysius

Table of Contents: “…FOREWORD; PREFACE; I: POVERTY AND LIBERATION; 1. SPIRITUALITY IN A LIBERATEVE PERSPECTIVE; Liturgy versus Spirituality; Spirituality versus Secular Involvement; Secular Involvement versus Liturgy; 2. …”
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Experiencing globalization religion in contemporary contexts /

Table of Contents: “…; Introduction; Quinn's Religion; Quinn on Religion in GeneralSaving the World; Further Criticisms; Conclusion; Notes and References; -- Chapter 4 Globalized Religion: The Vedic Sacrifice (Yajña) in Transcultural Public Spheres; Introduction; The Vedic Sacrifice (Yajña) in its Contemporary Form; Definition; Various forms of yajña; The Vedic Sacrifice (Yajña) in Contemporary Hindu Civilization; The development of Hindu civilization and its political and religious impact on the Indian subcontinent; Contemporary practices of yajña on the Indian subcontinent; The practice of yajña in a globalized Hindu civilization; The Hindu diasporaReligious practices in the Hindu diaspora; Contemporary practices of yajña in the Hindu diaspora; Western Civilization and Christendom; Western civilization; The impact of religion on Western civilization; Challenges to Western civilization; Yajña in the West; Conclusion; Notes and References; -- Part Two Comparative and Pluralistic Approaches; -- Chapter 5 Mary, Athena and Guanyin: What the Church, the Demos and the Sangha Can Teach Us about Religious Pluralism and Doctrinal Conformity to Socio-cultural Standards; Introduction; The Virgin Mary and Women's Ordination; Guanyin and Buddhist FeminismAthena and Greek Neo-paganism; Responses to Feminism; Responses to Pluralism; Orthodox Reactions; Conclusion; Notes and References; -- Chapter 6 The Globalization of the New Spirituality and its Expression in Japan: The Case of Mt Ikoma; Introduction; New Spirituality in Japan; New Spirituality as a Global Phenomenon; Neo-syncretism: Interaction between New Spirituality and Japan's Religious Culture; Exploring the New Spirituality in Ikoma; The study area; Fasting training centers; Beliefs and practices; Structure and demographics; Kundalini Yoga Center; Neo-syncretism in Ikoma"Overcoming modernity": The sacralization of nature and the self; The sacralization of nature; The sacralization of the self; Conclusions; Notes and References; Primary Sources on Ikoma; -- Chapter 7 Globalization and religious resurgence: a comparative study of Bahrain and Poland; Religious Revival: Primary Considerations; Socio-economic factors; Religious fundamentalism; Moral revolution; Enemies of the moral order and the populist appeal; Hate rhetoric; National myths; Populism's Acceptance; Assessment of economic conditions; Additional factors; A short-lived victory.…”
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Imperial encounters : religion and modernity in India and Britain / by Veer, Peter van der

Table of Contents: “…The moral state in Britain ; The Colonial Mission in India ; Concluding remarks -- The spirits of the age: spiritualism and political radicalism. British spirits ; India's spiritual heritage ; Concluding remarks -- Moral muscle: masculinity and its religious uses. …”
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Virtual orientalism : Asian religions and American popular culture / by Iwamura, Jane Naomi

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Nobility & civility : Asian ideals of leadership and the common good / by De Bary, Wm. Theodore, 1919-2017

Table of Contents: “…Confucius' noble person -- The noble paths of Buddha and Rama -- Buddhist spirituality and Chinese civility -- Shōtoku's constitution and the civil order in Early Japan -- Chrysanthemum and civil society in Song China -- Civil and military in Tokugawa Japan -- Citizen and subject in modern Japan -- "The people renewed" in twentieth-century China.…”
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Mediating piety : technology and religion in contemporary Asia /

Table of Contents: “…Turner -- The fate of God in the age of technology / Anton Sevilla -- Technology, religion and nationalism -- A message from Ashabirin : high technology and political Islam in Indonesia / Sulfi kar Amir -- Powerpointing Islam : form and spiritual reform in Reformasi Indonesia / Daromir Rudnyckyj -- Mediating piety -- A spectacle of worship : technology, modernity and the rise of the Christian megachurch / Joseph Nathan Cruz -- The "short-waved faith" : Christian broadcasting and Protestant conversion of the Hmong in Vietnam / Ngo Thi Thanh Tam -- 'New media', religious discourse, community -- Shopping for God : media and religion in Singapore / Robin Chee and James Chen -- The new face of global evangelism : virtualizing spiritual experience / Jayeel Serrano Cornelio -- Religious ecology on the internet: a case study of Tibetan Buddhism / Low Yuen Wei.…”
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Introducing Asian feminist theology / by Kwok, Pui-lan

Table of Contents: “…Women and the Church; 8. Sexuality and Spirituality; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; Y; Z.…”
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Art Therapy in Asia : To the Bone or Wrapped in Silk. by Potash, Jordan S.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 6 Collective Versus Individualist Societies and the Impact of Asian Values on Art Therapy in SingaporeChapter 7 Understanding of Korean Culture and the Value of the Art Therapeutic Approach; Chapter 8 The Life Garden Project Art Therapy Intervention for Depressed Elderly in Hong Kong: A Communal Support Approach; Part 3: Integration of Spirituality; Chapter 9 New Consciousness on Art Therapy in Thailand Based on Spiritual Remedy; Chapter 10 Art Therapy Inspired by Buddhism; Chapter 11 Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy and Experiential Collage Work: History and Development in Japan.…”
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Asian migrants and religious experience : from missionary journeys to labor mobility /

Table of Contents: “…Yeah -- Saving yogis : spiritual nationalism and the proselytizing missions of global yoga / Amanda Lucia -- Renewed flows of ritual knowledge and ritual affect within transnational networks : a case study of three ritual events of the Xinghua (Henghua) communities in Singapore / Kenneth Dean -- Liberalizing the boundaries : reconfiguration of religious beliefs and practice amongst Sri Lankan immigrants in Australia / Jagath Bandara Pathirage -- From structural separation to religious incorporation : a case study of a transnational Buddhist group in Shanghai, China / Weishan Huang -- "10/40 Window" : Naga missionaries as spiritual migrants and the Asian experience / Arkotong Longkumer -- Religion, masculinity, and transnational mobility migrant catholic men and the politics of evangelization / Ester Gallo -- Helping the wounded as religious experience the free Burma rangers in Karen State, Myanmar / Alexander Horstmann -- A multicultural church : notes on Sri Lankan transnational workers and the migrant chaplaincy in Italy / Bernardo E. …”
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Experiencing globalization : religion in contemporary contexts /

Table of Contents: “…Adam Smith and the Neo-Calvinist foundations of globalization / Christian Etzrodt -- Daniel Quinn on religion : saving the world through anti-globalism / Bei Dawei -- Globalized religion : the Vedic sacrifice (Yajña) in transcultural public spheres / Silke Bechler -- Mary, Athena and Guanyin : what the church, the Demos and the Sangha can teach us about religious pluralism and doctrinal conformity to socio-cultural standards / Evenglos Voulgarakis -- The globalization of the new spirituality and its expression in Japan : the case of Mt. …”
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A holistic educator's journey : seeking wholeness in America, Canada, Japan, and Asia / by Miller, John P., 1943-, Miller, John P., 1943-

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Self as person in Asian theory and practice /

Table of Contents: “…Kasulis -- Migawari : the cultural idiom of self-other exchange in Japan / T.S. Lebra -- Spiritual quests of twentieth-century women : a theory of self-discovery and a Japanese case study / D.B. …”
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Self as person in Asian theory and practice /

Table of Contents: “…Kasulis -- Migawari : the cultural idiom of self-other exchange in Japan / T.S. Lebra -- Spiritual quests of twentieth-century women : a theory of self-discovery and a Japanese case study / D.B. …”
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Travel writings on Asia : curiosity, identities, and knowledge across the East, c. 1200 to the present /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Section 1: Re-forging Frontiers in Asia : Local and Transcontinental Mobilities in the Global Middle Ages -- Travel, Order and Knowledge: Local officials in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and Functions of Travelling in China -- Transcultural Perceptions of the 'East' in the 13th and 14th century : towards a study of curiosity in the Global Middle Ages -- Massacres and Mobilities: Human Movement in the Mongol World Empire -- Section 2: Mapping 'New' Frontiers : Curiosity and Knowledge -- Antonio Pigafetta's Asia -- Bowing to a new king - The Ming-Qing transition in European sources -- The Silk Road as a Spiritual Landscape: The Otani Expeditions and Tibet -- Section 3: The Imperial 'Gaze' : Hegemonic Perceptions of Knowledge and Power -- Britain's Brave Boys and the Haunted House of China. …”
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Building Asian families and communities in the 21st century : selected proceedings of the 2nd Asian Psychological Association Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June, 2008 /

Table of Contents: “…A DIFFICULT DECISION FOR THE FAMILY OF THE DECEASEDLIFE SATISFACTION AND COPING STRATEGIES USED BY OLDER ADULTS; EXPERIENCE IN COMPLYING WITH HYPERTENSION AMONG MIDDLE-AGED PATIENTS; THE POSITIVITY EFFECT IN OLD AGE; CHAPTER EIGHT; RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND PRACTICES AS AN EFFECTIVE REMEDY FOR HUMAN PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS; DRONA AS PERSONIFICATION OF A ROLE-MODEL FOR INTELLECTUALS WITHIN GOVERNMENT; THE ROLE OF SPIRITUALITY IN FAMILY QUALITY OF LIFE; THE LEVEL OF HAPPINESS OF MALAYSIAN AND INDONESIANS; FILIPONO CONCEPT OF SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING (SWB) AND ITS CORRELATES; CHAPTER NINE.…”
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Handbook of religion and the Asian city : aspiration and urbanization in the twenty-first century /

Table of Contents: “…/ Kenneth Dean -- The flexibility of religion : Buddhist temples as multi-aspirational sites in contemporary Beijing / Gareth Fisher -- Cultivating happiness : psychotherapy, spirituality, and well-being in a transforming urban China / Li Zhang -- Other Christians as Christian others : signs of new Christian populations and the urban expansion of Seoul / Nicholas Harkness -- Aspiring in Karachi : breathing life into the City of Death / Noman Baig -- Can commodities be sacred? …”
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Labour, Mobility and Informal Practices in Russia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe : Power, Institutions and Mobile Actors in Transnational Space.

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