Religious Diversity in Southeast Asia and the Pacific National Case Studies /

• Main Authors: Bouma, Gary D. (Author), Ling, Rodney. (Author), Pratt, Douglas. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Subjects: Regional planning.; Religion (General).; Humanities.; Social policy.; Sociology.; Demography.; Humanities / Arts / Design.; Religious Studies.; Regional and Cultural Studies.; Cultural Heritage.; Social Policy.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3389-5

Religious diversity is now a social fact in most countries of the world. While reports of the impact of religious diversity on Europe and North America are reasonably well-known, the ways in which Southeast Asia and Asia Pacific are religiously diverse and the ways this diversity has been managed ar...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The Antipodes And Japan
• Australia
• Japan
• New Zealand
• Island Nations Of South East Asia
• Brunei
• East Timor
• Indonesia
• Malaysia
• Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Pacific Island Nations
• Cook Islands
• Fiji
• French Polynesia
• Kiribati
• Marshall Islands
• Micronesia
• Nauru
• New Caledonia
• Nth Marianas
• Palau
• Samoa
• Solomon Islands
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu
• Integrative Chapters: Minority Religious Groups And The State
• Religious Competition In The Asia-Pacific
• Women And Religious Diversity.