Asian Spiritualities and Social Transformation - KWAN, Simon Shui-Man; CHOW, Wai-Yin; (ed.) - Prospero Internet Bookshop

 
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ISBN13:9789819926435
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No. of pages:301 pages
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Language:English
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Asian Spiritualities and Social Transformation

 
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This book offers a cross-cultural and inter-religious understanding of the ways social transformation in Asia is related to Asian spiritualities. Bringing together scholars and practitioners from different cultures and fields of study, it collates cutting-edge research and applies it to the role of Asian spiritualities in social transformation. Spirituality has garnered increasing attention in recent years across diverse fields of research and practice, from psychology and healthcare, to anthropology, education, sociology, political sciences, social work, feminist studies, cultural studies, religious studies, theology, philosophy, and so on. However, the term means different things within these different disciplines. Spirituality can be understood to be private and personal, but also public and societal, not only as a force that brings about change but also one that helps maintain the status quo ? not only as a core element in religion but also as something disconnected from it. This book poses that to gain a firm grasp of spirituality, one needs to traverse these different terrains. Disbarring the orientalist understanding of spirituality that is often found embedded in stereotypes of the East as mystical, esoteric, and spiritual, in contrast to the West as scientific and rational, this book deconstructs this binarism to enable a sophisticated understanding of the diversity within Eastern and Western spiritualities. It presents ?Asian spirituality? as a misnomer, focusing on the plurality of spiritualties and the region?s multifaceted religiosity, and it also excavates interfaith terrains. It is of interest to social scientists, theologians and religious scholars, and students and researchers interested in Asian spiritualties and social movements

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This book offers a cross-cultural and inter-religious understanding of the ways social transformation in Asia is related to Asian spiritualities. Bringing together scholars and practitioners from different cultures and fields of study, it collates cutting-edge research and applies it to the role of Asian spiritualities in social transformation. Spirituality has garnered increasing attention in recent years across diverse fields of research and practice, from psychology and healthcare, to anthropology, education, sociology, political sciences, social work, feminist studies, cultural studies, religious studies, theology, philosophy, and so on. However, the term means different things within these different disciplines. Spirituality can be understood to be private and personal, but also public and societal, not only as a force that brings about change but also one that helps maintain the status quo ? not only as a core element in religion but also as something disconnected from it. This book poses that to gain a firm grasp of spirituality, one needs to traverse these different terrains. Disbarring the orientalist understanding of spirituality that is often found embedded in stereotypes of the East as mystical, esoteric, and spiritual, in contrast to the West as scientific and rational, this book deconstructs this binarism to enable a sophisticated understanding of the diversity within Eastern and Western spiritualities. It presents ?Asian spirituality? as a misnomer, focusing on the plurality of spiritualties and the region?s multifaceted religiosity, and it also excavates interfaith terrains. It is of interest to social scientists, theologians and religious scholars, and students and researchers interested in Asian spiritualties and social movements 


Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part I: Decolonizing the Colonial Spiritualities in Asia.- Chapter 2. Interrogating Hospitality: Toward a Decolonized Practice of Interfaith Spiritual Care.- Chapter 3. Imagining the Hong Kong Diaspora as an Imagined Community through the Lens of Relationality as a Feminist Spirituality.- Chapter 4. Telic Eschatology for Myanmar.- Chapter 5. An Exploration of Hong Kong Chinese Spiritual Caregivers? Understandings of Spirituality.- Part II: Spirituality and Personal Transformation.- Chapter 6. A Spiritual Practice Model: The Transformation of Midlife Christian Professionals in Hong Kong.- Chapter 7. Connecting the Mind and the Soul: Mindfulness and the Creation of Spiritual Leaders.- Chapter 8. Toward an Expanded Conception of Power: Exploring the Concept of Moral Empowerment Emerging in the Field of Bahá?í-Inspired Education.- Chapter 9. Authoritative Parenting Style and Youth Religiosity: The Mediating Role of Problem-Solving.- Chapter 10.Youth Value, Participation, and Social Entrepreneurship: A Study of the Role of Trust, Self-Efficacy, and Civic Engagement in Social Entrepreneurship.- Chapter 11. Trinitarian Spirituality of Relationality: Toward a Renewed Anthropological Understanding of Christian Women?s Depression for Spiritual Caregivers.- Part III: Spirituality that Transforms Society.- Chapter 12. A Grounded Theory of Spiritual Leadership and Social Transformation: A Case Study of Peacebuilding and Human Rights Advocacy Interventions.- Chapter 13. The Courage to be a Spiritual Leader in the Age of the ?New Normal?: Alfred Adler Reconsidered.- Chapter 14. Gandhian Pluralist Spirituality and the Anti-Corruption Mission of the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi. Chapter 15. Islam and Environmental Ethics: A Qur?anic Approach.- Chapter 16. Environmental Sustainability, Religion, and Localized Faith-Based Movements: A Case Study Examining an Urban?Rural Christian Community in Korea.