Religious Encounters in Transcultural Society

David William Kim is visiting fellow at the Department of Political and Social Change, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University.

Thematically divided into three parts dealing with Islamic, East Asian, and alternative religious encounters, this fine collection of twelve essays examines various historical and contemporary outcomes of religious encounters across the globe. By including multiple religious traditions, cultural settings, and periods, this volume helps to shed light to the different ways religious adherents have responded to interreligious contact and exchange by means of contestation, adaptation, or alteration. Thus, its specifically broad scope will catch readers' attention and will make it an important contribution for area specialists and students of religion, globalization, and processes of transculturation alike.

• AcknowledgementsList of Tables and Figures Introduction Part One: Islamic Encounters An Inter-Religious Perspective: The Dialogue of Islam within Abrahamic Religions in the 21st CenturyFarooq HassanWho is My Neighbour?: The Laïcité-Islam Encounter in FrancePauline C. H. KollontaiThe Cultural Muslim, Secularization and the Academic Study of IslamMilad Milani Ummah vs Citizenship: Multi-religious Societies and the Question of Clash of Loyalties with Focus on Muslims of New ZealandMortaza ShamsPart Two: East Asian Religious EncountersChinese Tibetan Buddhists and the Confucian Revival in Contemporary ChinaJoshua EslerNarrative Hybridity of Folk Daoism and National Religion: Religious Imagination in Early Twentieth Century Korean LiteratureSooyoun KimThe Silk Letter: A Case of Transcultural Religious Conversion and ConflictKevin N. CawleyJapanese Religions Outside of Japan: A Case Study of Tenrikyo Missionary Work in Congo and NepalMidori HoriuchiPart Three: Alternative Religious EncountersThe Relevance and Limits of “Hybridization” Theory: The Case of Jubus, “Jewish-Buddhists”Lionel ObadiaA Sethian Religious Encounter: The Astrological Cosmology of an Egyptian Gnostic Community in Tchacos CodexDavid W. KimWorld Rastafarianism and Challenges to the Status of the Rasta WomenStephen D. GlazierDeus and Shangti: Chinese Rites ControversyDaniel S. H. AhnIndexList of Contributions