Asian Pacific Catholicism and Globalization
Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Challenges
Published on 1. December 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-1-64712-379-6 (ISBN)
Description
This history of the Catholic Church in Asia and the Pacific illuminates the processes of globalization
Since the sixteenth century, Catholicism has contributed significantly to global connectivity. Except for the Philippines and Timor-Leste, Catholicism in Asia is, and is likely to remain, a minority religion. For this reason, it can serve as a unique prism through which to look at the processes of globalization in Asia.
Asian Pacific Catholicism and Globalization demonstrates to scholars and students of Catholic history that the development of Catholicism in Asia and later in the Oceania-Pacific region is closely associated with three different phases of globalization. This book approaches the historical processes of globalization not as structural agencies or causal forces, but rather as the historical contexts that condition possibilities for human action and reaction in the world. The editors identify three distinct phases in the development of Catholicism in Asia and Oceania: early modern (sixteenth-eighteenth centuries), modern Western hegemony (1780s-1960s), and the contemporary (1960s-present). The book's contributors discuss the development of Catholicism in all the major countries of the region, including China, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam, India, and Australia.
Since the sixteenth century, Catholicism has contributed significantly to global connectivity. Except for the Philippines and Timor-Leste, Catholicism in Asia is, and is likely to remain, a minority religion. For this reason, it can serve as a unique prism through which to look at the processes of globalization in Asia.
Asian Pacific Catholicism and Globalization demonstrates to scholars and students of Catholic history that the development of Catholicism in Asia and later in the Oceania-Pacific region is closely associated with three different phases of globalization. This book approaches the historical processes of globalization not as structural agencies or causal forces, but rather as the historical contexts that condition possibilities for human action and reaction in the world. The editors identify three distinct phases in the development of Catholicism in Asia and Oceania: early modern (sixteenth-eighteenth centuries), modern Western hegemony (1780s-1960s), and the contemporary (1960s-present). The book's contributors discuss the development of Catholicism in all the major countries of the region, including China, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam, India, and Australia.
Reviews / Votes
Jose Casanova and Peter Phan have curated an impressive array of case studies demonstrating how processes of globalization...have unfolded among Asian Pacific Catholic communities. * Theological Studies * [T]he volume combines a clear analytic apparatus with methodological openness, advances theology, the sociology of religion, and regional studies, and provides points of reference for pastoral practice and public ethics. It confirms the continuing scholarly value of Asian Pacific Catholicism in a world no longer defined by a single center. * The Catholic Historical Review *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Washington, DC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 181 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
610 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64712-379-6 (9781647123796)
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Asian Pacific Catholicism and Globalization
Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Challenges
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Persons
Jose Casanova is one of the world's leading scholars in the sociology of religion and a senior fellow at the Berkley Center at Georgetown University, where his work focuses on globalization, religions, and secularization. His best-known work, Public Religions in the Modern World (1994), has become a modern classic in the field.
Peter C. Phan currently holds the Ignacio Ellacuria, S.J. Chair of Catholic Social Thought at Georgetown University. He is the first non-Anglo to be elected President of the Catholic Theological Society of America and the American Theological Society. His work includes over 30 books and 300 essays.
Peter C. Phan currently holds the Ignacio Ellacuria, S.J. Chair of Catholic Social Thought at Georgetown University. He is the first non-Anglo to be elected President of the Catholic Theological Society of America and the American Theological Society. His work includes over 30 books and 300 essays.
Content
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Jose Casanova and Peter C. Phan
Part 1: Historical Perspectives
. The Three Phases of Globalization and the Long Formation of the Asian Pacific
Jose Casanova
2. Catholicism in Japan as Globalist Culture
Kevin M. Doak
3. Globalization of Catholicism in China
Richard Madsen
4. Going Global: The Transformation of the Korean Catholic Church
Denis Woo-seon Kim, SJ
5. Filipino Catholicism in the Midst of Global Currents: Translation, Nationalism, Migration
Jose Mario C. Francisco, SJ
6. The Catholic Church and Globalization in Vietnam
Peter C. Phan
7. The Indo-Malayan Archipelago
John Mansford Prior, SVD
8. Indian Catholicism and Its Global Connections, from Early Modernity to the Present
Chandra Mallampalli
9. Catholicism and Public Life in India
Evelyn Monteiro
10. Australian Catholicism in the Third Phase of Globalization: Demographic Shifts and Unceasing Challenges
Robert Dixon
11. Global Influences in the Growth of the Catholic Church in the Pacific Region
Philip Gibbs, SVD
Part 2: Contemporary Challenges
12. Women in the Catholic Church in the Philippines during the Three Phases of Globalization
Mary John Mananzan, OSB
13. Scattered and Gathered: Responses to Migration in the Context of Globalization
Gemma Tulud Cruz
14. The Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences and Pan-Asian Catholicism
Edmund Kee-Fook Chia
15. Modern and Contemporary Catholic Theology in Asia: Main Trends and Developments
Peter C. Phan
About the Contributors
Index
Introduction
Jose Casanova and Peter C. Phan
Part 1: Historical Perspectives
. The Three Phases of Globalization and the Long Formation of the Asian Pacific
Jose Casanova
2. Catholicism in Japan as Globalist Culture
Kevin M. Doak
3. Globalization of Catholicism in China
Richard Madsen
4. Going Global: The Transformation of the Korean Catholic Church
Denis Woo-seon Kim, SJ
5. Filipino Catholicism in the Midst of Global Currents: Translation, Nationalism, Migration
Jose Mario C. Francisco, SJ
6. The Catholic Church and Globalization in Vietnam
Peter C. Phan
7. The Indo-Malayan Archipelago
John Mansford Prior, SVD
8. Indian Catholicism and Its Global Connections, from Early Modernity to the Present
Chandra Mallampalli
9. Catholicism and Public Life in India
Evelyn Monteiro
10. Australian Catholicism in the Third Phase of Globalization: Demographic Shifts and Unceasing Challenges
Robert Dixon
11. Global Influences in the Growth of the Catholic Church in the Pacific Region
Philip Gibbs, SVD
Part 2: Contemporary Challenges
12. Women in the Catholic Church in the Philippines during the Three Phases of Globalization
Mary John Mananzan, OSB
13. Scattered and Gathered: Responses to Migration in the Context of Globalization
Gemma Tulud Cruz
14. The Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences and Pan-Asian Catholicism
Edmund Kee-Fook Chia
15. Modern and Contemporary Catholic Theology in Asia: Main Trends and Developments
Peter C. Phan
About the Contributors
Index