Papers presented at a conference sponsored by the Social Science Research Council and American Council of Learned Societies' Joint Committees on Southeast Asia, on Korea, and on Japan. Contents ...

As a scholar of East Asian Buddhism who studies how and why deities transform over time, I see the Laughing Buddha as a key figure that shows how people have adapted Buddhism to different cultural ...

Examples could include studies of Chinese-language Islamic texts, the circulation of Buddhist monks among South, Southeast, and East Asia, the modern institutions tertiary educational institutions ...

On visit to Southeast Asia’s largest mosque, Pope says battling climate change and religious extremism a common cause By Christopher Lamb, Kathleen Magramo , Masrur Jamaluddin , James Legge and ...

The Contradictions of Religion and Politics in Southeast Asia . The Pew Research Center’s recent survey on “religious nationalism” throws up as many questions as it answers. By David Hutt ...

Middle East/South Asia studies is a unique major where you can learn about two different, ... Asian American and English studies, classics, comparative literature, film, gender, history, music, ...

In Southeast Asia, religious pluralism is shaped not by organic social consensus but by the influence of governments, dominant religious groups and nationalist ideologies.

HANCOCK: The 11-day visit in Southeast Asia is the longest tour that Pope Francis has ever been on. It's a grueling schedule for an 87-year-old who's been suffering from health issues.