Asian Research

Postcolonial Resistance and Asian Theology

By Simon Kwan

Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy

Presenting a fundamental re-thinking of Asian theology, this book focuses on theological indigenization in Asia in light of the postcolonial theory of resistance advanced by Homi K. Bhabha, among others. Two types of anti-colonialist resistance within Asian theologies are identified and...

To Be Published October 29th 2013 by Routledge

'Yogini' in South Asia

Interdisciplinary Approaches

Edited by István Keul

Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy

In different stages in the history of South Asian religions, the term yogini has been used in various contexts to designate various things: a female adept of yoga, a female tantric practitioner, a sorceress, a woman dedicated to a deity, or a certain category of female deities. This book brings...

To Be Published June 16th 2013 by Routledge

Christianity in Contemporary China

Socio-cultural Perspectives

Edited by Francis Khek Gee Lim

Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy

Christianity is one of the fastest growing religions in China. Despite its long history in China and its significant indigenization or intertwinement with Chinese society and culture, Christianity continues to generate suspicion among political elites and intense debates among broader communities...

Published September 19th 2012 by Routledge

Christianity and the State in Asia

Complicity and Conflict

Edited by Julius Bautista, Francis Khek Gee Lim

Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy

Christianity is one of the most rapidly growing religions in Asia. Despite the challenges of political marginalisation, church organisations throughout much of Asia are engaged in activities - such as charity, education and commentary on public morality - that may either converge or conflict with...

Published July 2nd 2009 by Routledge

Religious Commodifications in Asia

Marketing Gods

Edited by Pattana Kitiarsa

Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy

This book addresses the growing academic concerns of the market-religion convergences in Asia. Bringing together a group of leading scholars from Asia, Europe, Australia and North America, it discusses multiple issues regarding religious commodifications and their consequences across Asia’s...

Published November 13th 2007 by Routledge

An Introduction to Daoist Thought

Action, Language, and Ethics in Zhuangzi

By Eske Møllgaard

Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy

This is the first work available in English which addresses Zhuangzi’s thought as a whole. It presents an interpretation of the Zhuangzi, a book in thirty-three chapters that is the most important collection of Daoist texts in early China. The author introduces a complex reading that shows the...

Published July 22nd 2007 by Routledge

Deconstruction and the Ethical in Asian Thought

Edited by Youru Wang

Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy

The striking parallels between Derrida’s deconstruction and certain strategies eschewing oppositional hierarchies in Asian thought, especially in Buddhism and Daoism, have attracted much attention from scholars of both Western and Asian philosophy. This book contributes to this discussion by...

Published February 22nd 2007 by Routledge