Religious organizations and democratization : case studies from contemporary Asia / edited by Tun-jen Cheng and Deborah A. Brown
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TextPublication details: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 2006Description: x, 306p. ; 23cmISBN: - 0765615096 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0765615088 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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"An East gate book."
Includes bibliographical references and index
The roles of religious organizations in Asian democratization / Tun-jen Cheng and Deborah A. Brown -- The Falun Gong : religious and political implications / Julia Ching -- "Buddhism for the human realm" and Taiwanese democracy / Andre´ Laliberte´ -- New karma: Buddhism and democratization in Thailand / David Ambuel -- The Presbyterian church in the formation of Taiwan's democratic society, 1945-2004 / Murray A. Rubinstein -- Christian churches and democratization in South Korea / Hyug Baeg Im -- The limits of conservative church reformism in the democratic Philippines / Coeli M. Barry -- Hong Kong's Catholic church and the challenge of democratization in the SAR / Deborah A. Brown -- Islam and democratic transition in Indonesia / Greg Barton -- Democracy, the "Islamic State," and embedded realities in Malaysia / Patricia Martinex -- The Soka Gakkai's critical role in the rapidly changing world of postwar Japanese politics / Daniel A. Metraux