Religious organizations and democratization case studies from contemporary Asia

"An East gate book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The 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.