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LEADER: 01957cam a22003014a 4500
001 2004024679
003 DLC
005 20060707081905.0
008 041019s2006 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2004024679
020 $a0765615088 (hardcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $aa------
050 00 $aBL1033$b.R45 2006
082 00 $a322/.1/095$222
245 00 $aReligious organizations and democratization: case studies from contemporary Asia /$cedited by Tun-jen Cheng and Deborah A. Brown.
260 $aArmonk, N.Y. :$bM.E. Sharpe,$cc2006.
300 $ax, 306 p.$c23 cm.
500 $a"An East gate book."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe roles of religious organizations in Asian democratization / Tun-jen Cheng and Deborah A. Brown -- The Falun Gong : religious and political implications / Julia Ching -- "Buddhism for the human realm" and Taiwanese democracy / André Laliberté -- New karma: Buddhism and democratization in Thailand / David Ambuel -- The Presbyterian church in the formation of Taiwan's democratic society, 1945-2004 / Murray A. Rubinstein -- Christian churches and democratization in South Korea / Hyug Baeg Im -- The limits of conservative church reformism in the democratic Philippines / Coeli M. Barry -- Hong Kong's Catholic church and the challenge of democratization in the SAR / Deborah A. Brown -- Islam and democratic transition in Indonesia / Greg Barton -- Democracy, the "Islamic State," and embedded realities in Malaysia / Patricia Martinex -- The Soka Gakkai's critical role in the rapidly changing world of postwar Japanese politics / Daniel A. Metraux.
650 0 $aReligion and politics$zAsia.
655 0 $aDemocracy$xReligious aspects.
650 0 $aDemocracy$zAsia.
700 1 $aCheng, Tun-jen.
700 1 $aBrown, Deborah A.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip052/2004024679.html