"Most of the papers ... were originally presented at the Midwestern Conference on Asian Studies (1969)."

Includes bibliographical references.

Religious ferment in Asia / Philip H. Ashby -- Editorial note : Selective reception and transmission as a process of religious ferment / Robert J. Miller -- Sam Jordan and the evangelical ethic in Iran / Yahya Armajani -- Nakamura Keiu : the evangelical ethic in Japan / Jerry K. Fisher -- The Gandhian ethic of work in India / Joseph W. Elder -- The religious meaning of Ch'oe Che-u's Tonghak Doctrine, 1860-1864 / Key Ray Chong -- The language of modern Hinduism : cognitive models and ethnoscientific analysis / A. Bharati -- Editorial note : How shall we model the world? / Robert J. Miller -- The social role of religion in contemporary India / Ainslie T. Embree -- The Buddhist model for renewal : an examination of contemporary Buddhist Sangha in Asia / Minoru Kiyota -- Lamaist laity and Sangha in West Bengal, India / Beatrice D. Miller -- Rissho Kosei-kai : a cooperative Buddhist sect / J. Stafford Weeks -- The interpretation of the "new religions" of Japan as new religious movements / H. Byron Earhart -- Epilogue / Robert J. Miller.