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Religion and Democracy in Taiwan

Religion and Democracy in Taiwan Book Reviews book very helpful and enlightening. Here, he offers an overview of various theories of globalization and argues convincingly for his own preference for an interplay between processes of homogeniz- ation and heterogenization. “Localization or particularization,” he states, “is a critical aspect of the universalization of globalization, not just a reaction to it” ( p. 57). The book contains many critical and challenging statements such as this, which makes it certainly worth reading and extremely helpful as a textbook for classes on religion and globalization. Catherine Cornille Boston College Boston, Massachusetts doi:10.1093/jcs/csp017 Advance Access publication July 8, 2009 Religion and Democracy in Taiwan. By Cheng-Tian Kuo. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2008. 161 pp. $35.00. Cheng-Tian Kuo sets a high academic goal to achieve in this book: to examine the relations between state and religion through the lens of democratization in Taiwan. To be sure, there has been a significant amount of scholarship accumulated on Taiwanese democratization. But scholars tend to be preoccupied with either internal party poli- tics or the impact of Taiwan’s democratization on its relations with China. As Kuo correctly points out, no major study has yet com- pared the relations between democracy http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Church and State Oxford University Press

Religion and Democracy in Taiwan

Journal of Church and State , Volume 51 (1) – Jul 16, 2009

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Oxford University Press
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0021-969X
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2040-4867
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10.1093/jcs/csp035
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Book Reviews book very helpful and enlightening. Here, he offers an overview of various theories of globalization and argues convincingly for his own preference for an interplay between processes of homogeniz- ation and heterogenization. “Localization or particularization,” he states, “is a critical aspect of the universalization of globalization, not just a reaction to it” ( p. 57). The book contains many critical and challenging statements such as this, which makes it certainly worth reading and extremely helpful as a textbook for classes on religion and globalization. Catherine Cornille Boston College Boston, Massachusetts doi:10.1093/jcs/csp017 Advance Access publication July 8, 2009 Religion and Democracy in Taiwan. By Cheng-Tian Kuo. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2008. 161 pp. $35.00. Cheng-Tian Kuo sets a high academic goal to achieve in this book: to examine the relations between state and religion through the lens of democratization in Taiwan. To be sure, there has been a significant amount of scholarship accumulated on Taiwanese democratization. But scholars tend to be preoccupied with either internal party poli- tics or the impact of Taiwan’s democratization on its relations with China. As Kuo correctly points out, no major study has yet com- pared the relations between democracy

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Published: Jul 16, 2009

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