East Asian Religiosities in the European Union

Globalisation, Migration, and Hybridity

477 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book explores how East Asian religions affect EU countries, both through Asian diaspora communities and through European converts and sympathisers. East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam) and the EU are two of the planet's most dynamic regions economically, politically, and culturally. East Asian diasporas have a long history in Europe and represent a growing part of the EU's population. Meanwhile, Europeans have long been attracted to and interested in East Asian religion and are increasingly converting or incorporating elements of East Asian religiosities into their own identities. For the first time ever, this book presents the state of the art of research in this area, with chapters on most of the EU's 27 countries and on themes such as migration, Orientalism, gender and sexuality. It covers, among others, East Asian Buddhism and Christianity, Daoism and new religious movements, as well as martial arts and other looser forms of spirituality.

• Reihe: Religion and Transformation in Contemporary European Society
• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Religion und Glaube Religion, allgemein Interreligiöse Beziehungen
• ISBN: 9783506794666
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 06.09.2024
• Größe: 23.5 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: Brill | Schöningh
• Herausgegeben von: Laurence Cox, Ugo Dessì, Lukas K. K. Pokorny