TY - BOOK AU - AHMED,MUNIR D. AU - AL-YASSINI,AYMAN S. AU - BARCLAY,HAROLD Β. AU - CALDAROLA,CARLO AU - CHUNG,CHAI-SIK AU - Caldarola,Carlo AU - DESHEN,SHLOMO AU - HIEBERT,PAUL G. AU - HOWELL,JULIA D. AU - KEDDIE,NIKKI R. AU - MARDIN,ŞERIF AU - MEANS,GORDON P. AU - PONG,RAYMOND AU - RAMBO,Α.TERRY AU - SARAM,P.A. AU - SASO,MICHAEL AU - SCOTT,KEITH TI - Religion and Societies: Asia and the Middle East T2 - Religion and Society , SN - 9789027932594 AV - BL1032 .R44 1982eb PY - 2011///] CY - Berlin, Boston : PB - De Gruyter, KW - Religion and sociology KW - Asia KW - Middle East KW - Asien KW - Aufsatzsammlung KW - Religion KW - Gesellschaft KW - gnd KW - Islam KW - Religionssoziologie KW - RELIGION / Religion & Science KW - bisacsh N1 - I-VIII --; Preface by the Series Editors --; Introductory Essay --; PART ONE: Middle East and Central Asia --; Saudi Arabia: The Kingdom of Islam --; Israel: Searching for Identity --; Egypt: Struggling with Secularization --; Sudan (North): On the Frontier of Islam --; Turkey: Islam and Westernization --; Iran: Religious Orthodoxy and Heresy in Political Culture --; Soviet Central Asia: A Religious Limbo --; PART TWO: South and Southwest Asia --; Pakistan: The Dream of an Islamic State --; India: The Politicization of a Sacred Society --; Sri Lanka: The Evolutionary Dialectics of a Buddhist State --; Thailand: A Sacred Society in Modern Garb --; Vietnam: Searching for Integration --; Malaysia: Islam in a Pluralistic Society --; Indonesia: Searching for Consensus --; PART THREE: East Asia --; China: Religion in a Revolutionary Society --; Taiwan: Old Gods and Modern Society --; Korea: The Continuing Syncretism --; Japan: Religious Syncretism in a Secular Society --; Notes on the Contributors --; Index of Names --; Index of Subjects; restricted access; Issued also in print UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110823530 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110823530 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110823530/original ER -