Buddhism and islam: mutual engagements in Southeast Asia and Japan
Buddhism and Islam : a doomed project? -- Buddhas and prophets in the shared history -- The challenge of pluralism and the chance of parallelism within Buddhist-Muslim dialogue in Southeast Asia -- Southeast Asia as a fertile ground for parallelism? : emerging trends in contemporary Buddhist-Muslim...
| Summary: | Buddhism and Islam : a doomed project? -- Buddhas and prophets in the shared history -- The challenge of pluralism and the chance of parallelism within Buddhist-Muslim dialogue in Southeast Asia -- Southeast Asia as a fertile ground for parallelism? : emerging trends in contemporary Buddhist-Muslim engagements -- From exoticism to Asian brotherhood : the Japanese engagement with Islam -- Repositioning Islam in contemporary Japan : can parallelism challenge the monotheism-polytheism divide? -- Conclusion. The potential of parallelism as a method for religious studies. "Buddhist-Muslim relations are usually seen as inherently confrontational. This book challenges the view of Buddhism and Islam as fundamentally irreconcilable by exploring the diverse ways representatives of the two traditions have engaged each other in Southeast Asia-the global frontstage of contemporary Buddhist-Muslim relations-and Japan-a Buddhist-majority country whose 'Islam policy' played a significant role in its surge to global power status. It investigates the processes through which mutual perceptions and discourses have developed in response to shifting socio-political circumstances and via the intellectual interventions of leading personalities"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XI, 303 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-70454-1 |
