Thomas David DuBois, “Religion and the Making of Modern East Asia” (Cambridge University Press, 2011)

Do historians of East Asia sufficiently account for the role of religious communities in the construction of history? Of course, there are histories of the Taiping Rebellion, and groups like Soka Gakkai or Falungong. But have historians probed how these movements have shaped the history of China and Japan more...

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