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1 electronic resource (xxv, 479 pages) |
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Dynamics in the History of Religions |
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Dynamics in the history of religion.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Preface; Religion, Shintō, and the Emperor System; The Modern West and the Concept of Religion; Shintō and the Emperor System; Introduction The Development of the Concept of Religion and the Discipline of Religious Studies; "Religion" in the West; "Religion" in the Non-West; Modern Japan in the Debate; Part One The Formation of the Concept of "Religion" and Modern Academic Discourse; Chapter 1 The Concept of "Religion": From the Modern Opening of Japan to the Emergence of Religious Studies; Translating "Religion" as Shūkyō |
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From Toleration of Christianity to the Suspension of the Kyōbushō PolicyThe "National Morality" Phase; The Emergence of Academic Discourse on Religion; Chapter 2 Inoue Tetsujirō and the Debates on Religion and Philosophy; The "Comparative Religion and Eastern Philosophy" Lectures; Broad Outline of the Lectures; The Political Dimension of the Indian Religion Discourse; Comparative Religion and Eastern Philosophy; Developments in the History of Eastern Philosophy; West versus East; Shifting Towards the Study of Japan; The Subdividing of Scholarship |
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Chapter 3 Buddhism: From Premodern Traditions to Modern ReligionThe "Doubling" of Buddhism; State Authority and Universalism; Part Two The Establishment and Development of Religious Studies; Chapter 4 Discourse on Religion and Social Reality; The Tasks for Religious Studies Today; Anesaki Masaharu's Religious Studies; The Essence of Religion; Critique of Power and Authority; The National Community Theory; Making the Discourse Relevant to Society; Chapter 5 State and Religion in Anesaki Masaharu; Religion and the State; Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism and the Imperial House |
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From Comparative Religion to Religious StudiesExperience of the West and Representation of Japan; The "Yellow Peril" and Opposition to the West; Mysticism and Discourse on the Kokutai; East-West Harmony and the Representation of Japan; The Collapse of Harmony between East and West; Chapter 6 The Process of Development of Religious Studies: From History of Theory to History of Reflective Discourse; The Study of the History of Religious Studies in Japan; From Academic Theory to History of Scholarly Discourse; The Aum Shinrikyō Incident and Theories of Religious Experience |
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Part Three Establishment of Shintō Studies and the State Shintō SystemChapter 7 Modern Shintō Studies and Tanaka Yoshitō; The National Morality Doctrine; Student of Inoue Tetsujirō; Towards a Japanese Theory of Education; Tanaka's Shintō Studies Project; The Imperial Way and Shintō; Shintō and Scholarship; From the National Morality Doctrine to Shintō Studies; Shintō Shrines as Not Religious; Making Shintō the State Religion; Founding "Shintō Studies"; Impasse in Shintō Studies; Chapter 8 The Emperor System and "State Shintō": Dislocation of "Religion" and the "Secular." |
| Summary |
Religious Discourse in Modern Japan explores the transportation of the Western concept of "religion" in in the modern era; the emergence of discourse on Shinto, philosophy, and Buddhism; and the evolution of the academic discipline of religious studies in Japan |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-440) and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Shinto -- Japan
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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RELIGION -- Essays.
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RELIGION -- Reference.
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RELIGION -- Philosophy.
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Religion
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Shinto
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Japan -- Religion -- Study and teaching
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Japan -- Religion -- 1868-1912.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069565
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Japan -- Religion -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069567
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| Subject |
Japan
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021758522 |
| ISBN |
9789004272682 |
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9004272682 |
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