{"product_id":"asian-catholicism-and-the-remaking-of-contemporary-families-paperback","title":"Asian Catholicism and the Remaking of Contemporary Families - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichel Chambon\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJames Ponniah\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJosé Casanova\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword by José Casanova\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsian Catholicism and the Remaking of Contemporary Families\u003c\/i\u003e attends to the ways in which Asian Catholics navigate and negotiate the ethical ideals, normative discourses, and devotional practices of their religion as they construct and reconstruct their understandings of the family in contemporary society. In addition to family structures based on biological ties, contributors to this volume also examine other kinship groups based on systems of mutual care, highlighting the multiple perspectives and diverse values shared by Asian Catholics who produce and define social groupings that are recognized as families. Featuring case studies from South, Southeast, and East Asia, these chapters complicate the conventional view that Catholicism disrupts local cultures, considering not only how Asian families and Catholicism mutually constitute and transform each other in terms of interfaith dialogue, ethnic identity, and clergy-laity dynamics, but also how marriage, kinship, and filial piety become sites of active engagement and constant negotiation with their faith in the shaping and living of their family relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichel Chambon (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichel Chambon\u003c\/b\u003e is a research fellow in the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore and a coordinator of the Initiative for the Study of Asian Catholics. He is author of \u003ci\u003eMaking Christ Present in China: Actor-Network Theory and the Anthropology of Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Ponniah (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJames Ponniah\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor and head of the Department of Christian Studies at the University of Madras. He is author of \u003ci\u003eCulture, Religion, and Home-Making in and Beyond South Asia \u003c\/i\u003eand coeditor of \u003ci\u003eDemocratization of Indian Christianity: Hegemony, Accessibility, and Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e. He also serves as\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eeditor in chief of the \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Asian Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.97 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 23, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48261428871389,"sku":"9780822967880","price":68.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/t31ktWIlqY9780822967880.webp?v=1785076762","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/asian-catholicism-and-the-remaking-of-contemporary-families-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}