The Routledge Handbook of Religions in Asia provides a strong and comprehensive
overview of religion in contemporary Asia. Compiled and introduced by Bryan S.
Turner, one of the world s leading sociologists of religion, the Handbook
contains specially written chapters by experts in their respective fields.
The comprehensive introduction discusses issues surrounding Orientalism and the
historical construction of such terms as Hinduism . It conveys how there has
been many centuries of interaction between different religious traditions in
Asia and discusses the problem of world religions and the range of concepts,
such as high and low traditions, folk and formal religions, popular and orthodox
developments.
Individual chapters