Asian Millenarianism: An Interdisciplinary Study of the Taiping and Tonghak Rebellions in a Global Context (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781934043424)

Millenarian movements have been mainly studied from a monotheistic perspective. Traditional explanations for millenarian movements may not be applicable to Asian cases, since Asian millenarian views of salvation differ from non-Asian ones. This groundbreaking book re-examines the Taiping and the Tonghak movements in nineteenth-century Asia using a much wider range of sources than have been used by scholars in the past. It provides an understanding of the movements as an expression, in part, of deeply-rooted Asian spiritual ideas. It also offers historical and philosophical reflections on what studies of Asian millenarianism can contribute to the comparative study of millenarianism. The foreword is by eminent Asian Studies scholar, F. Hilary Conroy.

Author: Hong Beom Rhee
ISBN-10: 1934043427
ISBN-13: 9781934043424
Publisher: Cambria Press
Language: English
Published: 07/08/2007
Pages: 468
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.88lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2008 pg. 51