Asian spiritualities and social transformation / Simon Shui-Man Kwan, Wai-yin Chow, editors.
Kwan, Simon Shui-Man, editor.; Chow, Wai-Yin, editor.
2023
B5015.S67 A85 2023
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Title Asian spiritualities and social transformation / Simon Shui-Man Kwan, Wai-yin Chow, editors.
ISBN 9789819926411 electronic book
9819926416 electronic book
9819926408
9789819926404
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2641-1
Published Singapore : Springer, [2023]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xii, 301 pages) : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-981-99-2641-1 doi
Call Number B5015.S67 A85 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification 204/095
Summary 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 regions 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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Chow, Wai-Yin, editor.
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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 Bah-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 Womens 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 Quranic Approach
Chapter 16. Environmental Sustainability, Religion, and Localized Faith-Based Movements: A Case Study Examining an UrbanRural Christian Community in Korea.

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