Sophia Journal of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies

No.34

Sali AUGUSTINE, “Editor’s Note”

Politics and Religion in Global & Asian Context

SHIMAZONO Susumu, “Restoration of the Authoritarian State and Opposition by Religious Forces: Politics and Religion in Japan in the Early 21st Century,” Sophia Journal of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies 34(2016):7-25.

Sali AUGUSTINE, “Secularization and Religion Policies in Political Affairs: Global and Asian Context,” Sophia Journal of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies 34(2016):27-58.

YAMAWAKI Naoshi, “The Significance and Roles of Glocal Public Philosophy for World Peace,” Sophia Journal of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies 34(2016):59-70.

MATSUMOTO Ikuko,“Is Religion Irrelevant to Development?: Faith-based Initiatives and Development Discourses,”Sophia Journal of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies 34(2016):71-91.

Michael AMALADOSS,“The Politics of Unity and Religious Pluralism: The Indian Experience,” Sophia Journal of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies 34(2016):93-111.

Megha WADHWA,“Binding Indians Abroad: Religious Participation of Indian Migrants in Tokyo,” Sophia Journal of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies 34(2016):113-134.

Cyril VELIATH, “Devadasis: Human Consorts of the Divine in India,” Sophia Journal of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies 34(2016):135-147.

SHIMOYAMA Tomoko, “Religion and Politics in the Seljūq Period: Conflicting Ideologies of Niẓām al-Mulk and the ‘Abbāsid caliphate,” Sophia Journal of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies 34(2016):149-171.

KAWASHIMA Midori, “Islamic Reformism and an American Protestant Missionary: Contest over the Publication of the Qur’anic Verses in Mindanao under the US Colonial Rule,” Sophia Journal of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies 34(2016):173-210.