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The Category of ‘Religion’ in Contemporary Japan : Shūkyō and Temple Buddhism / by Mitsutoshi Horii

Horii, Mitsutoshi, 1977- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

Online-Ressource (XII, 284 p, online resource)

Englisch

Erscheint auch als: The category of "religion" in contemporary Japan / Horii, Mitsutoshi (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-3-319-73570-2

978-3-319-73569-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 1039142501 (aus SWB)     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang beim Produzenten (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1007/978-3-319-73570-2

LB 46450  | LC 30450  | BE 8508      Ähnliche Literatur

BL60

306.6

Basisklassifikation: 11.93 (Buddhismus) ; 89.41 (Staat und einzelne Gruppierungen)

bicssc: HR ; bicssc: JH ; bisacsh: SOC039000

SSG-Nummer(n): 0

*Japan ; Religion ; Begriff ; Öffentlichkeit ; Religiöse Organisation      Zum Register

*Japan ; Buddhismus ; Priester ; Berufsbild      Zum Register

*Japan ; Religionssoziologie ; Religionspolitik ; Religiöser Wandel ; Religiöses Verhalten ; Buddhismus      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Social sciences ; Buddhism ; Ethnology -- Asia ; Social structure ; Social inequality ; Religion and sociology ; Social Sciences

Buddhism / Japan ; Buddhist priests / Japan ; Religion and sociology / Japan ; Buddhism ; Religion and politics ; Japan ; History ; 21st century ; 2000-2099

This book critically examines the term ‘religion’ (shūkyō) as a social category within the sociological context of contemporary Japan. Whereas the nineteenth-century construction of shūkyō has been critically studied by many, the same critical approach has not been extended to the contemporary context of the Japanese-language discourse on shūkyō and Temple Buddhism. This work aims to unveil the norms and imperatives which govern the utilization of the term shūkyō in the specific context of modern day Japan, with a particular focus upon Temple Buddhism. The author draws on a number of popular publications in Japanese, many of which have been written by Buddhist priests. In addition, the book offers rich interview material from conversations with Buddhist priests. Readers will gain insights into the critical deconstruction, the historicization, and the study of social classification system of ‘religion’, in terms of its cross-cultural application to the contemporary Japanese context. The book will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines including Japanese Studies, Buddhology, Religious Studies, Social Anthropology, and Sociology

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1. Introduction -- 2. A 'Critical Religion' Approach to Japanese 'Religion(s)' -- 3. Critical Reflections on the Category 'Religion' in Japan. - 4. 'Religion' in the Popular Discourse. - 5. Temple Buddhism and the Japanese Social Classification: A Brief Historical Overview. - 6. The Construction of Shūkyōka. - 7. Life Stories and Identities of Nichiren-shū priests. - 8. Negotiating with ‘Shūkyō’ in the Context of the ‘Religious Corporation’. - 9. Conclusion