This volume extends the debate and addresses the central issues concerning two the problematic categories of "religion" and the "indigenous".

Christopher Hartney, Ph.D. (2004), University of Sydney, is a lecturer in the department of Studies in Religion at the University of Sydney. He has published extensively on Caodaism, Vietnams largest indigenous religious system, He editor of numerous scholarly journals and books including: Secularisation: New Historical Perspectives (2014).
Daniel J. Tower, B.E. B.A., is a doctoral candidate at the University of Sydney. His current research examines the relationship between religion, conflict, and resources in Northern Iraq.
Contributors are: Zoe Alderton, Steve Bevis, James L. Cox, Christopher Hartney, Graham Harvey, Milad Milani, Bjørn Ola Tafjord, Daniel J. Tower, Garry W. Trompf, and Jack Tsonis.