TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brown,Deborah A
AU  - Cheng,Tun-jen
TI  - Religious organizations and democratization : case studies from contemporary Asia
SN  - 9780765615091
AV  - BL1033 .R45 2006
U1  - 322.1095 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - London
PB  - M.E. Sharpe
KW  - Religion and politics
KW  - Asia
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Religious aspects
N1  - "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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip052/2004024679.html
ER  -