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The Category of ‘Religion’ in Contemporary Japan = Shūkyō and Temple Buddhism /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Category of ‘Religion’ in Contemporary Japan/ by Mitsutoshi Horii.
Reminder of title:	Shūkyō and Temple Buddhism /
Author:	Horii, Mitsutoshi.
Description:	XII, 284 p.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Religion and sociology. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73570-2
ISBN:	9783319735702

The Category of ‘Religion’ in Contemporary Japan = Shūkyō and Temple Buddhism /
Horii, Mitsutoshi.

The Category of ‘Religion’ in Contemporary JapanShūkyō and Temple Buddhism /[electronic resource] :by Mitsutoshi Horii. - 1st ed. 2018. - XII, 284 p.online resource.

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. .

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. .

ISBN: 9783319735702

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-73570-2doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

578047
Religion and sociology.

LC Class. No.: BL60

Dewey Class. No.: 306.6

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