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This book brings together the varied experiences of different cultural groups in their Diaspora context and provides insight into the various issues they have to deal with. The content of the book is divided into the following broad categories: Chinese Experience; Japanese-Brazilian and Brazilian Experience; South Asian Experience; Impact of 9/11 on Muslim Religious Pluralism; and Issues of Religious Pluralism in the Diaspora. While keeping theory to a minimum, the book focuses on case-studies in the hope this will facilitate scholars to engage in further theoretical work on the phenomenon of religious pluralism in the Diaspora and in answering important questions on how religious pluralism can be conceptualised and which issues need to be addressed in doing so. The material is also useful for comparative studies in the academic study of religion.
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Religious Pluralism in the Diaspora
International Studies in Religion and Society
Edited by
Paul Gifford School of Oriental and African Studies, London Deputy Editor
Ingrid Lawrie The Mirfield Centre, West Yorkshire
VOLUME 4
Religious Pluralism in the Diaspora Edited by
P. Pratap Kumar
LEIDEN • BOSTON 2006
This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data Religious pluralism in the diaspora / edited by P. Pratap Kumar. p. cm — (International studies in religion and society ; v. 4) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-90-04-15250-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 90-04-15250-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Religious pluralism. 2. Emigration and immigration—Religious aspects. 3. Asian diaspora. I. Kumar, P. Pratap, 1952BL85.R3895 2006 201'.508691—dc22 2006049080
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CONTENTS Introduction P. Pratap Kumar ......................................................................
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PART ONE
CHINESE EXPERIENCE Chinese Catholic Center in Tokyo: Institutional Characteristics in Contexts .................................................... Gracia Liu Farrer
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Chinese Christian Community in Bucharest (Romania): A Missiological Approach to the Ecclesiogenesis ................ Dorottya Nagy
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Searching for a Niche, Creolizing Religious Tradition: Negotiation and Reconstruction of Ethnicity among Chinese in Jamaica ................................................................ Yoshiko Shibata
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Missiological Implications of Chinese Christianity in a Globalized Context ............................................................ Kim-kwong Chan
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Ethnic Identity in Overseas Chinese Protestant Churches in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area .............................................. Barbara Ambros
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PART TWO
JAPANESE-BRAZILIANS AND BRAZILIANS EXPERIENCE Religious Activities among the Japanese-Brazilians: “Dual Diaspora” in Japan .................................................... 121 Regina Yoshie Matsue
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