Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Boxes, Figures, and Maps
- Preface
- 1 In the beginning: Religion and history
- 2 Ming China: The fourteenth century's new world order
- 3 The Buddha and the shōgun in sixteenth-century Japan
- 4 Opportunities lost: The failure of Christianity, 1550–1750
- 5 Buddhism: Incarnations and reincarnations
- 6 Apocalypse now
- 7 Out of the twilight: Religion and the late nineteenth century
- 8 Into the abyss: Religion and the road to disaster during the early twentieth century
- 9 Brave new world: Religion in the reinvention of postwar Asia
- 10 The globalization of Asian religion
- Glossary
- Timeline of dynasties and major events
- Suggestions for further reading
- Index
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Boxes, Figures, and Maps
- Preface
- 1 In the beginning: Religion and history
- 2 Ming China: The fourteenth century's new world order
- 3 The Buddha and the shōgun in sixteenth-century Japan
- 4 Opportunities lost: The failure of Christianity, 1550–1750
- 5 Buddhism: Incarnations and reincarnations
- 6 Apocalypse now
- 7 Out of the twilight: Religion and the late nineteenth century
- 8 Into the abyss: Religion and the road to disaster during the early twentieth century
- 9 Brave new world: Religion in the reinvention of postwar Asia
- 10 The globalization of Asian religion
- Glossary
- Timeline of dynasties and major events
- Suggestions for further reading
- Index
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- Religion and the Making of Modern East Asia , pp. 231 - 236Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011