Globalizing Asian Religions

Dr Wendy Smith, formerly Senior Lecturer in management and Japanese studies at Monash University, is an anthropologist in the fields of management, religion and Asian studies.< br> Dr Hirochika Nakamaki, Director-General of the Suita City Museum, Professor Emeritus, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan, and President of the Senri Foundation, is an anthropologist of Japanese religions, Japanese management and calendar studies. Dr Louella Matsunaga, Senior Lecturer in the Anthropology of Japan, Oxford Brookes University, researches gender in Japanese companies, branding, and Japanese religions outside Japan. Dr Tamasin Ramsay is an applied anthropologist with special expertise in the Brahma Kumaris, a former NGO Representative to the United Nations (New York) for the Brahma Kumaris, and an activist and researcher in the animal liberation movement.

• Dedication, Preface, List of Figures and Tables, 1. Introduction, SECTION 1 THEORETICAL APPROACHES, SECTION 2 EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS: EAST ASIAN RELIGIONS, SECTION 3 EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS: SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH ASIAN RELIGIONS, SECTION 4 EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS: JAPANESE RELIGIONS IN EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS, SECTION 5 FUTURE PERSPECTIVES: GLOBALIZING NEW RELIGIONS IN A POSTMODERN WORLD, Contributors, References, Index