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Editor's Introduction by John K. Nelson
The Contemporary Global Political and Economic Context for Interreligious Dialogue Including China and India by Eric Hanson
The recent political and economic advances of China and India, and their changing relationships to each other and to the rest of the world, constitute the most crucial long term national adjustments necessary in the current international system. The differences among religions of the book, religions of meditative experience, and religions of public life make it extremely difficult to use any understanding of religion in itself as the focal piece for such dialogue. Religion and Politics in the International System (2006) identified the following five interreligious dialogues as particularly significant for global integration: 1. Among religions of the book, focusing on the developing world and its relationship to the developed world; 2-3. The multi-religious dialogues centered geographically and culturally on China and the Indian subcontinent; and 4-5. Multi-religious North American and European dialogues between the religious traditions long held in these regions and those of new immigrants. This paper recommends three additional issue dialogues among religious leaders as particularly promising prospects for integrating the international system: [1] On human rights and shared sovereignty; [2] On structuring webs of global understanding and cooperation; and [3] On restructuring the world economy, including global business ethics.
Globalization, Nationalism, and Korean Religion in the 21st Century by Don Baker
Gender and Moral Visions in Indonesia by Rachel Rinaldo
Globalization and the Chinese Muslim Community in Southwest China by Michael Brose
Is globalization a good thing when it comes to religion and religious practice generally in China? What contributions might globalization have on the practice of religion, or more broadly, on social transformation, in China? Focusing more specifically on Islam in China, is it also subject to forces of globalization? If so, will that encounter result in more or less social and political power to Muslims in China? Is Islam antithetical to or a part of modernization? These are just some of the questions that are raised in thinking about the role of Islam in China today as related to the theme of this special issue, “religion and globalization in Asia.” This paper uses two case studies, recent mosque construction projects and the development of a new Institute of Arabic Studies in Yunnan Province, China, to understand if and how global trends have affected the Islamic community and practice of Islam in one region of China.
Maintaining Patterns: Community Ritual and Pilgrimage in a Diasporic Taiwanese American Religious Community by Jonathan Lee
Citation Information
San Francisco, University of and San Francisco, University of. "Asia Pacific Perspectives Vol. 10 No. 1, May 2011." Asia Pacific Perspectives 10, No. 1 (2011) : 1-101