A fresh and illuminating perspective on the surge in religion's political influence across the
globe. Is religion a force for good or evil in world politics? How much influence does it have …

Peter B. Clarke's in-depth account explores the innovative character of new religious
movements and new forms of spirituality from a global vantage point. Ranging from North …

Anarchy in the Pure Land investigates the twentieth-century reinvention of the cult of
Maitreya, the future Buddha, conceived by the reformer Taixu and promoted by the Chinese …

Taking a comparative approach, this fieldwork-based study explores the lives and thoughts
of Buddhist nuns in present-day Taiwan and Sri Lanka. The author examines the …

隋唐長安· 寺院史料集成 解説篇 [Commentary on the collected historical sources on
Chang'an during the Sui and Tang]. Kyoto: H z kan, 1989. Ouyang Jingwu 歐陽竟無.“Fofa …

This article critically assesses existing scholarship on the roles that religious groups play in
collective contention. Researchers disagree on three main issues:(a) whether religious …

Through the biography of an unusual Manchu Chinese female devotee who contributed to
the spread of Tibetan Buddhism in Taiwan, the book provides a new angle at looking at Sino …

With its resourceful media practice and insistence on a (neo-Buddhist) this-worldly theology,
the Buddhist Compassion Relief Foundation (Tzu Chi or Ciji) has constructed a unique …

Based on ethnographic fieldwork and in-depth interviews, this chapter examines how
Taiwanese immigrant Buddhists define Buddhism in the United States. Contrary to theories …

Religious organisations, including what we call new religious movements (NRMs), have
always played a part in Chinese history. Yet China is not popularly associated with the …