Asian Pacific Catholicism and Globalization

José Casanova is one of the world's leading scholars in the sociology of religion and a senior fellow at the Berkley Center at Georgetown University, where his work focuses on globalization, religions, and secularization. His best-known work, Public Religions in the Modern World (1994), has become a modern classic in the field. Peter C. Phan currently holds the Ignacio Ellacuría, S.J. Chair of Catholic Social Thought at Georgetown University. He is the first non-Anglo to be elected President of the Catholic Theological Society of America and the American Theological Society. His work includes over 30 books and 300 essays.

José Casanova and Peter Phan have curated an impressive array of case studies demonstrating how processes of globalization...have unfolded among Asian Pacific Catholic communities.

• List of IllustrationsIntroductionJosé Casanova and Peter C. PhanPart 1: Historical Perspectives. The Three Phases of Globalization and the Long Formation of the Asian Pacific José Casanova2. Catholicism in Japan as Globalist Culture Kevin M. Doak3. Globalization of Catholicism in ChinaRichard Madsen4. Going Global: The Transformation of the Korean Catholic ChurchDenis Woo-seon Kim, SJ5. Filipino Catholicism in the Midst of Global Currents: Translation, Nationalism, MigrationJosé Mario C. Francisco, SJ6. The Catholic Church and Globalization in VietnamPeter C. Phan7. The Indo-Malayan ArchipelagoJohn Mansford Prior, SVD8. Indian Catholicism and Its Global Connections, from Early Modernity to the PresentChandra Mallampalli9. Catholicism and Public Life in IndiaEvelyn Monteiro10. Australian Catholicism in the Third Phase of Globalization: Demographic Shifts and Unceasing ChallengesRobert Dixon11. Global Influences in the Growth of the Catholic Church in the Pacific RegionPhilip Gibbs, SVDPart 2: Contemporary Challenges12. Women in the Catholic Church in the Philippines during the Three Phases of GlobalizationMary John Mananzan, OSB13. Scattered and Gathered: Responses to Migration in the Context of GlobalizationGemma Tulud Cruz14. The Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences and Pan-Asian CatholicismEdmund Kee-Fook Chia15. Modern and Contemporary Catholic Theology in Asia: Main Trends and DevelopmentsPeter C. PhanAbout the ContributorsIndex