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Casting Faiths

Imperialism and the Transformation of Religion in East and Southeast Asia

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  • © 2009

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Introduction: The Transformation of Religion in East and Southeast Asia—Paradigmatic Change in Regional Perspective

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How did European imperialism shape the ideas and practices of religion in East and Southeast Asia? Casting Faiths brings together eleven scholars to show how Western law, governance, education and mission shaped the basic understanding of what religion is, and what role it should play in society.

Editors and Affiliations

  • National University of Singapore, Singapore

    Thomas David DuBois

About the editor

THOMAS DUBOIS is Associate Professor of History at National University of Singapore. He is the author of The Sacred Village: Social Change and Religious Life in Rural North China (Hawaii, 2005), as well as articles in the American Historical Review, East Asian History, History and Theory, and the Law and History Review.

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