Abstract Global Religious and Secular Dynamics offers a global historical perspective that
integrates European theories of modern secularization and competing theories of global …

In this major new study, Prasenjit Duara expands his influential theoretical framework to
present circulatory, transnational histories as an alternative to nationalist history. Duara …

Religion in China survived the most radical suppression in human history--a total ban of any
religion during and after the Cultural Revolution. All churches, temples, and mosques were …

Guides for the Perplexed are clear, concise and accessible introductions to thinkers, writers
and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging. Concentrating …

Winner of the 2015 Pierre-Antoine Bernheim Prize for the History of Religion by the
Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres After a century during which Confucianism was …

Is Confucianism a religion? If so, why do most Chinese think it isn't? From ancient Confucian
temples, to nineteenth-century archives, to the testimony of people interviewed by the author …

One of the Best Books of the Year: The Economist, The Christian Science Monitor China is in
the midst of one of the world's great spiritual awakenings: some 300 million Chinese …

During a visit to Beruas, a small village-town in West Malaysia in 2005, I was alarmed by the
fact that more and more grandmothers were speaking to their grandchildren in bad …

The claim that heritage practice in Asia is Eurocentric may be well-founded, but the view that
local people in Asia need to be educated by heritage practitioners and governments to …

This book argues that the last four decades have seen profound and important changes in
the nature and social location of religion, and that those changes are best understood when …