Religion and Mobility in a Globalising Asia : New Ethnographic Explorations (Hardcover)

Dedication  Acknowledgements  1. Introduction: Reconstituting Boundaries and Connectivity: Religion and Mobility in a Globalising Asia Nanlai Cao and Sin Wen Lau  2. Refuge and Emplacement through Buddhism: Karen Refugees and Religious Practices in a Northwestern Border Town of Thailand Prasert Rangkla  3. Remembering with Respect: History, Social Memory and the Cross-Border Journeys of a Charismatic Lue Monk Wasan Panyagaew  4. Pig Sacrifices, Mobility and the Ritual Recreation of Community Among the Amis of Taiwan Shu-Ling Yeh  5. Migration as a Spiritual Pathway: Narratives of Chinese Falungong Practitioners in Singapore Chee-Han Lim  6. Charisma, Mobility, and the Role of a Sufi Order in a Chinese Muslim Community Tiffany Cone  7. Mobility, Christianity and Belonging: Reflections of an Overseas Chinese Expatriate Wife in Shanghai Sin Wen Lau  8. Renegotiating Locality and Morality in a Chinese Religious Diaspora: Wenzhou Christian Merchants in Paris, France Nanlai Cao  9. Epilogue: Religion and Mobility in a Globalising Asia Nicholas Tapp