Overseas Shinto Shrines
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Overseas Shinto Shrines
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Author : Karli Shimizu
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2022-10-06
Overseas Shinto Shrines written by Karli Shimizu and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-06 with Religion categories.
Through extensive use of primary resources and fieldwork, this detailed study examines overseas Shinto shrines and their complex role in the colonization and modernization of newly Japanese lands and subjects. Shinto shrines became one of the most visible symbols of Japanese imperialism in the early 20th century. From 1868 to 1945, shrines were constructed by both the government and Japanese migrants across the Asia-Pacific region, from Sakhalin to Taiwan, and from China to the Americas. Drawing on theories about the constructed nature of the modern categories of 'religion' and the 'secular', this book argues that modern Shinto shrines were largely conceived and treated as secular sites within a newly invented Japanese secularism, and that they played an important role in communicating changed conceptions of space, time and ethics in imperial subjects. Providing an example of the invention of a non-Western secularity, this book contributes to our understanding of the relationship between religion, secularism and the construction of the modern state.
Shinto Nature And Ideology In Contemporary Japan
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Author : Aike P. Rots
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2017-09-07
Shinto Nature And Ideology In Contemporary Japan written by Aike P. Rots and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-07 with Religion categories.
Shinto, Nature and Ideology in Contemporary Japan is the first systematic study of Shinto's environmental turn. The book traces the development in recent decades of the idea of Shinto as an 'ancient nature religion,' and a resource for overcoming environmental problems. The volume shows how these ideas gradually achieved popularity among scientists, priests, Shinto-related new religious movements and, eventually, the conservative shrine establishment. Aike P. Rots argues that central to this development is the notion of chinju no mori: the sacred groves surrounding many Shinto shrines. Although initially used to refer to remaining areas of primary or secondary forest, today the term has come to be extended to any sort of shrine land, signifying not only historical and ecological continuity but also abstract values such as community spirit, patriotism and traditional culture. The book shows how Shinto's environmental turn has also provided legitimacy internationally: influenced by the global discourse on religion and ecology, in recent years the Shinto establishment has actively engaged with international organizations devoted to the conservation of sacred sites. Shinto sacred forests thus carry significance locally as well as nationally and internationally, and figure prominently in attempts to reposition Shinto in the centre of public space.
Constructing The Colonized Land
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Author : Izumi Kuroishi
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-05-23
Constructing The Colonized Land written by Izumi Kuroishi and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-23 with Architecture categories.
Despite the precipitous rise of East Asia as a center of architectural production since the Second World War, informed studies remain lacking. The lacuna is particularly conspicuous in terms of regional, cross-national studies, documenting the close ties and parallels between China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea during this period. Examining colonized cities in East Asia, this book brings together a range of different perspectives across both space and time. European, Chinese, Taiwanese, Korean and Japanese discourses are examined, with a range of complementary and conflicting views on the design of urban and architectural forms; the political, institutional, religious and economical contexts of urban planning; the role played by various media; and the influence of various geographical, social and anthropological research methods. The diversity and plurality of these perspectives in this book provides an entwined architectural, urban and social history of East Asia, which offers insights into the cultural systems and the historical and spatial meanings of these colonized cities. It concludes that the difficulties in the historical study of East Asia's colonial cities do not so much indicate cultural difference as the potentiality for multiple readings of the past toward the future.
Interreligious Philosophical Dialogues
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Author : Graham Oppy
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-09-22
Interreligious Philosophical Dialogues written by Graham Oppy and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-22 with Religion categories.
Interreligious Philosophical Dialogues, volume 2, provides a unique approach to the philosophy of religion, embracing a range of religious faiths and spiritualities. This volume brings together four leading scholars and philosophers of religion, who engage in friendly but rigorous cross-cultural philosophical dialogue. Each participant in the dialogue, as a member of a particular faith tradition, is invited to explore and explain their core religious commitments, and how these commitments figure in their lived experience and in their relations to other religions and communities. The religious traditions represented in this volume are: Sunni Islam Mystical (Kabbalistic) Judaism Radical incarnational Christianity Shinto. This set of volumes uncovers the rich and diverse cognitive and experiential dimensions of religious belief and practice, pushing the field of philosophy of religion in bold new directions.
Shinto
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Author : Helen Hardacre
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017
Shinto written by Helen Hardacre and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with History categories.
Helen Hardacre offers for the first time in any language a sweeping, comprehensive history of Shinto, the tradition that is practiced by some 80% of the Japanese people and underlies the institution of the Emperor.
Religion Power And The Rise Of Shinto In Early Modern Japan
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Author : Stefan Köck
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-05-06
Religion Power And The Rise Of Shinto In Early Modern Japan written by Stefan Köck and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-06 with History categories.
Focusing on the growing awareness of Shinto in a fundamentally Buddhist religious environment, this book sheds new light on the relationship between religion and the state in early modern Japan. It starts with an analysis of how the central government aimed to control the populace via Buddhism, and, at the same time, submitted Buddhism to the sacralization of the ruling Tokugawa dynasty. Closely related to this are chapters on the suppression of outlawed religious groups such as Christians, heterodox Buddhist sects, and unwanted folk practitioners. The following cluster of chapters tackles the question of why early Tokugawa Confucianism was particularly interested in "Shinto" as an alternative to Buddhism and what "Shinto" actually meant from a Confucian stance. The final part of the book explores attempts to curtail the institutional power of Buddhism by reforming Shinto shrines. While these reforms seem few and far between, they were conceived by leading power holders and contributed to a "Shintoization of shrines" including the development of a self-contained Shinto clergy--back cover.
Heritage Contested Sites And Borders Of Memory In The Asia Pacific
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language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-10-09
Heritage Contested Sites And Borders Of Memory In The Asia Pacific written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-09 with History categories.
Contests over heritage in Asia are intensifying and reflect the growing prominence of political and social disputes over historical narratives shaping heritage sites and practices, and the meanings attached to them. These contests emphasize that heritage is a means of narrating the past that demarcates, constitutes, produces, and polices political and social borders in the present. In its spaces, varied intersections of actors, networks, and scales of governance interact, negotiate and compete, resulting in heritage sites that are cut through by borders of memory. This volume, edited by Edward Boyle and Steven Ivings, and with contributions from scholars across the humanities, history, social sciences, and Asian studies, interrogates how particular actors and narratives make heritage and how borders of memory shape the sites they produce.
The New Nanzan Guide To Japanese Religions
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Author : Matthew D. McMullen
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2025-05-31
The New Nanzan Guide To Japanese Religions written by Matthew D. McMullen and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-05-31 with Religion categories.
For nearly two decades, the Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions has served as a valuable resource for students and scholars of religion in Japan. This exciting update expands the audience to include non-specialists of Japan while also complicating the notions of “Japan” and “religion.” Asking the provocative question “why study Japanese religions?” the editors argue that studying Japan is vital for the academic study of religion writ large and make a case for the continued importance of religious topics in Japan studies, broadly conceived. The volume addresses the question of why—and how—to study Japanese religions in seven sections, each overseen by a leading expert in that subfield. The section on “Knowledge Production” investigates medicine, sacred objects, and the politico-economic structures undergirding academia. “Cosmology and Time” reveals how religion shaped worldviews in both premodern and modern Japan by taking up topics such as the afterlife, divination, and relationships between science and religion. “Space and Environment” considers geography, relationships between the human and nonhuman denizens of the Japanese archipelago, and religion in Japan’s overseas colonies and among diasporic outmigrants. “Feelings and Belonging” focuses on affective relationships generated through confraternities, homiletics, and caring professions. “Politics and Governance” describes longstanding relationships between religion and the state, covering everything from sacred kingship to contemporary electoral politics. The final two sections include practical advice for conducting fieldwork and helpful introductions to several relevant archives. Overall, the volume reflects the impact of recent scholarly trends in the study of Japanese religions, including material religion studies, affect theory, environmental humanities, and critical secularism studies. The breadth of topics as well as the accessibility of the individual chapters makes The New Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions an indispensable resource for the classroom. It will be useful not only for scholars of Japan, but also for anyone interested in the academic study of religion.
Encyclopedia Of Global Studies
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Author : Helmut K. Anheier
language : en
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Release Date : 2012-03-09
Encyclopedia Of Global Studies written by Helmut K. Anheier and has been published by SAGE Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-09 with Political Science categories.
"With all entries followed by cross-references and further reading lists, this current resource is ideal for high school and college students looking for connecting ideas and additional sources on them. The work brings together the many facets of global studies into a solid reference tool and will help those developing and articulating an ideological perspective." — Library Journal The Encyclopedia of Global Studies is the reference work for the emerging field of global studies. It covers both transnational topics and intellectual approaches to the study of global themes, including the globalization of economies and technologies; the diaspora of cultures and dispersion of peoples; the transnational aspects of social and political change; the global impact of environmental, technological, and health changes; and the organizations and issues related to global civil society. Key Themes: • Global civil society • Global communications, transportation, technology • Global conflict and security • Global culture, media • Global demographic change • Global economic issues • Global environmental and energy issues • Global governance and world order • Global health and nutrition • Global historical antecedents • Global justice and legal issues • Global religions, beliefs, ideologies • Global studies • Identities in global society Readership: Students and academics in the fields of politics and international relations, international business, geography and environmental studies, sociology and cultural studies, and health.
Korea And Christianity
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Author : Chai-Shin Yu
language : en
Publisher: Jain Publishing Company
Release Date : 2004
Korea And Christianity written by Chai-Shin Yu and has been published by Jain Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Religion categories.
It has been more than two centuries since Catholicism was introduced in Korea, and over a century since the introduction of Protestantism. Membership in the Protestant denomination has grown to over ten million in that period. This volume looks into the development and the rapid rise of Christianity in Korea and modifications to the Christian theology within the Korean historical and cultural context.