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Handbook of East Asian New Religious Movements
Series: - Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion, Volume: 16
* This Handbook has won the ICAS Edited Volume Accolade 2019. Brill warmly congratulates editors Lukas Pokorny and Franz Winter and their authors with this award. *
A vibrant cauldron of new religious developments, East Asia (China/Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam) presents a fascinating arena of related research for scholars across disciplines. Edited by Lukas Pokorny and Franz Winter, the Handbook of East Asian New Religious Movements provides the first comprehensive and reliable guide to explore the vast East Asian new religious panorama. Penned by leading scholars in the field, the assembled contributions render the Handbook an invaluable resource for those interested in the crucial new religious actors and trajectories of the region.
A vibrant cauldron of new religious developments, East Asia (China/Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam) presents a fascinating arena of related research for scholars across disciplines. Edited by Lukas Pokorny and Franz Winter, the Handbook of East Asian New Religious Movements provides the first comprehensive and reliable guide to explore the vast East Asian new religious panorama. Penned by leading scholars in the field, the assembled contributions render the Handbook an invaluable resource for those interested in the crucial new religious actors and trajectories of the region.
Lukas Pokorny, Ph.D. (2008), is Professor and Chair in Religious Studies at the Department of Religious Studies, University of Vienna. He has published on new religious movements, millenarianism, and Confucianism. His present research focuses, among others, on ethnocentrism and millenarian beliefs in East Asian new religious movements.
Franz Winter, Ph.D. (1999 and 2005) and Habilitation (2010), is teaching Religious Studies at the University of Graz. His areas of research comprise, among others, the history of religious contact between Asia and Europe from Antiquity to the present and new religious movements.
Contributors are: Erica Baffelli, Donald L. Baker, Paul Beirne, Sergei Blagov, Pascal Bourdeaux, Bongkil Chung, Philip Clart, Ugo Dessì, Emily Dunn, Anne Mette Fisker-Nielsen, Esther-Maria Guggenmos, Marcus Günzel, Edward Irons, Jérémy Jammes, John Jorgensen, Hui-yeon Kim, Hideaki Matsuoka, Benjamin Penny, Victoria Rose Montrose, Barbara Rossetti Ambros, Monika Schrimpf, Timothy Smith, Birgit Staemmler, Nancy K. Stalker, Gregory Wilkinson, Yu-shuang Yao, Carl F. Young
Franz Winter, Ph.D. (1999 and 2005) and Habilitation (2010), is teaching Religious Studies at the University of Graz. His areas of research comprise, among others, the history of religious contact between Asia and Europe from Antiquity to the present and new religious movements.
Contributors are: Erica Baffelli, Donald L. Baker, Paul Beirne, Sergei Blagov, Pascal Bourdeaux, Bongkil Chung, Philip Clart, Ugo Dessì, Emily Dunn, Anne Mette Fisker-Nielsen, Esther-Maria Guggenmos, Marcus Günzel, Edward Irons, Jérémy Jammes, John Jorgensen, Hui-yeon Kim, Hideaki Matsuoka, Benjamin Penny, Victoria Rose Montrose, Barbara Rossetti Ambros, Monika Schrimpf, Timothy Smith, Birgit Staemmler, Nancy K. Stalker, Gregory Wilkinson, Yu-shuang Yao, Carl F. Young
'In the final analysis, the Handbook of East Asian Religious Movements is an excellently written, meticulously annotated, and elegantly presented collection of fine essays, which, in itself, is an outstanding scholarly achievement; not to mention the fact that a work of this magnitude has been long-awaited in the circles of East Asian religious studies.'
Lehel Balogh, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, Journal of Religion in Japan 7 (2018)
'Assembling an array of specialists from the field, this edited volume, part of the valued Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion Series, is a significant contribution for scholars and general readers in the fields of religious studies, sociology, history, political science, regional studies, anthropology, conflict studies, and theology.'
David W. Kim, Australian National University, Religious Studies Review 44. 4, December 2018
"The first comprehensive guide to the vast East Asian new religious panorama. Penned by leading scholars, the Handbook is an invaluable resource for those interested in the crucial new religious actors and trajectories of the region."
- ICAS Book Prize Committee, July 2019.
Lehel Balogh, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, Journal of Religion in Japan 7 (2018)
'Assembling an array of specialists from the field, this edited volume, part of the valued Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion Series, is a significant contribution for scholars and general readers in the fields of religious studies, sociology, history, political science, regional studies, anthropology, conflict studies, and theology.'
David W. Kim, Australian National University, Religious Studies Review 44. 4, December 2018
"The first comprehensive guide to the vast East Asian new religious panorama. Penned by leading scholars, the Handbook is an invaluable resource for those interested in the crucial new religious actors and trajectories of the region."
- ICAS Book Prize Committee, July 2019.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Notes on Romanisation and Style
List of Contributors
Introduction
1 East Asian New Religious Movements: Introductory Remarks
Lukas Pokorny and Franz Winter
2 Japanese New Religious Movements: An Introduction
Franz Winter
3 Tenrikyō
Barbara Rossetti Ambros and Timothy Smith
4 Ōmoto
Nancy K. Stalker
5 Perfect Liberty Kyōdan
Monika Schrimpf
6 Seichō no Ie
Birgit Staemmler
7 Sōka Gakkai
Anne Mette Fisker-Nielsen
8 Sekai Kyūseikyō
Hideaki Matsuoka
9 Shinnyoen
Victoria Rose Montrose
10 Risshō Kōseikai
Ugo Dessì
11 Sūkyō Mahikari
Gregory Wilkinson
12 Aum Shinrikyō
Erica Baffelli
13 Kōfuku no Kagaku
Franz Winter
14 Korean New Religious Movements: An Introduction
Lukas Pokorny
15 Tonghak/Ch’ŏndogyo
Paul L. Beirne and Carl F. Young
16 Taejonggyo
John Jorgensen
17 Wŏnbulgyo
Bongkil Chung
18 Unification Movement
Lukas Pokorny
19 Yŏŭido Sunbog’ŭm Kyohoe
Hui-yeon Kim
20 Taesunjillihoe
John Jorgensen
21 Tan Wŏltŭ
Donald L. Baker
22 Chinese New Religious Movements: An Introduction
Edward A. Irons
23 Yīguàn Dào
Philip Clart
24 Fójiào Cíjì Gōngdé Huì
Yu-Shuang Yao
25 Fóguāngshān
Marcus Günzel
26 Fǎgǔshān
Esther-Maria Guggenmos
27 Quánnéngshén Jiàohuì (Dōngfāng Shǎndiàn)
Emily Dunn
28 Fǎlún Gōng
Benjamin Penny
29 Vietnamese New Religious Movements: An Introduction
Sergei Blagov
30 Đại Đạo Tam Kỳ Phổ Độ (Cao Đài)
Jérémy Jammes
31 Phật Giáo Hòa Hảo
Pascal Bourdeaux
Index
Acknowledgements
Notes on Romanisation and Style
List of Contributors
Introduction
1 East Asian New Religious Movements: Introductory Remarks
Lukas Pokorny and Franz Winter
Part 1: Japanese New Religious Movements
2 Japanese New Religious Movements: An Introduction
Franz Winter
3 Tenrikyō
Barbara Rossetti Ambros and Timothy Smith
4 Ōmoto
Nancy K. Stalker
5 Perfect Liberty Kyōdan
Monika Schrimpf
6 Seichō no Ie
Birgit Staemmler
7 Sōka Gakkai
Anne Mette Fisker-Nielsen
8 Sekai Kyūseikyō
Hideaki Matsuoka
9 Shinnyoen
Victoria Rose Montrose
10 Risshō Kōseikai
Ugo Dessì
11 Sūkyō Mahikari
Gregory Wilkinson
12 Aum Shinrikyō
Erica Baffelli
13 Kōfuku no Kagaku
Franz Winter
Part 2: Korean New Religious Movements
14 Korean New Religious Movements: An Introduction
Lukas Pokorny
15 Tonghak/Ch’ŏndogyo
Paul L. Beirne and Carl F. Young
16 Taejonggyo
John Jorgensen
17 Wŏnbulgyo
Bongkil Chung
18 Unification Movement
Lukas Pokorny
19 Yŏŭido Sunbog’ŭm Kyohoe
Hui-yeon Kim
20 Taesunjillihoe
John Jorgensen
21 Tan Wŏltŭ
Donald L. Baker
Part 3: Chinese New Religious Movements
22 Chinese New Religious Movements: An Introduction
Edward A. Irons
23 Yīguàn Dào
Philip Clart
24 Fójiào Cíjì Gōngdé Huì
Yu-Shuang Yao
25 Fóguāngshān
Marcus Günzel
26 Fǎgǔshān
Esther-Maria Guggenmos
27 Quánnéngshén Jiàohuì (Dōngfāng Shǎndiàn)
Emily Dunn
28 Fǎlún Gōng
Benjamin Penny
Part 4: Vietnamese New Religious Movements
29 Vietnamese New Religious Movements: An Introduction
Sergei Blagov
30 Đại Đạo Tam Kỳ Phổ Độ (Cao Đài)
Jérémy Jammes
31 Phật Giáo Hòa Hảo
Pascal Bourdeaux
Index
For all interested in contemporary East Asia, East Asian religions, and anyone concerned with the study of new religious movements.