After Migration And Religious Affiliation: Religions, Chinese Identities And Transnational Networks

by Chee-beng Tan (Editor)

Overview

This is a timely book that fills the gap in the study of Chinese overseas and their religions in the global context. Rich in ethnographic materials, this is the first comprehensive book that shows the transnational religious networks among the Chinese of different nationalities and between the Chinese overseas and the regions in China. The book highlights diverse religious traditions including Chinese popular religion, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam, and discusses inter-cultural influences on religions, their localization, their significance to cultural belonging, and the transnational nature of religious affiliations and networking.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789814583909
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	10/13/2014
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

List of Contributors xi

Introduction xvii

Part 1 Chinese Religious Traditions and Living in the Diaspora 1

1 The Mazu Worship on the Island of Java Myra Sidharta 3

2 State and "Chinese Religions" in Indonesia: Confucianism, Tridharma and Buddhism During the Suharto Rule and After Leo Swyadinata 19

3 Under the Buddha's Shadow: Buddhism and the Chinese in Myanmar Duan Ying

4 Teaching about Qi: Knowledge Transmission among Chinese Ethnic Practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the United States Emily S. Wu 73

Part 2 Localization and Chinese Religious Traditions 101

5 Syncretism as Religious Identity; Chinese Religious Culture in the Philippines Aristotle C. Dy Teresita Aug See 103

6 Datuk Kong Worship and Chinese Religion in Malaysia: Reflections of Syncretism, Pragmatism and Inclusiveness Lee Yok Fee Chin Yee Mun 147

Part 3 Christianity, Islam and the Chinese Overseas 167

7 Religious Affiliation and Propensity to Christianity of Chinese in Canada Eva Xiaoling Li Peter S. Li 169

8 Between Catholicism and Evangelism: The Peruvian Chinese Community Isabelle Lausent-Herrera 185

9 Overseas Chinese Protestant Churches in Japan: Changes as Witnessed from Their Stance Toward Christian Mission Activities Kainei Mori 241

10 Junus Jahja and Chinese-Indonesian Muslims in Indonesia Chiou Syuan-yuan 273

Part 4 Religious Affiliations and Transnational Networks 309

11 Japanese Buddhism and Chinese Sub-ethnic Culture: Instances of a Chinese Buddhist Organization from Shantou to Vietnam Satohiro Serizawa 311

12 Transnational Ritual Practices among the Chinese Migrants in Spain Irene Masdeu Torruella 329

13 Ancestral God, Locality God, and Chinese Transnational Pilgrimage Tan Chee-Beng 351

Index 377