Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Shin Buddhism (Jōdo Shinshū), although weakened in many ways by secularization, continues to be a stable presence in Japanese society, as is emblematically shown by the very symmetrical position of the Nishi (Honganji-ha) and the Higashi Honganji (Ōtani-ha) head temples in the center of Kyōto, and by the recent projects for their renovation. This book addresses the need for more academic research on Shin Buddhism, and is specifically directed at describing and analyzing distinctive social aspects of this religious tradition in historical and contemporary perspective. The contributions collected here cover a wide range of issues, including the intersection between Shin Buddhism and fields as diverse as politics, education, social movements, economy, culture and the media, social ethics, gender, and globalization.

Shin (Sect) --- Religion and sociology --- Shin (Secte) --- Sociologie religieuse --- Social aspects --- Aspect social --- 294.3*922.2 --- Leer van het Mahayanaboeddhisme: Madhyamika (Nagarjuna; Sanron); Yogacara (Vasubandu; Hosso); Avatamsaka (Kegon); Saddharmapundarika (Tendai); Zuivere Land (Jodo; Shin; Ji); Nichiren --- 294.3*922.2 Leer van het Mahayanaboeddhisme: Madhyamika (Nagarjuna; Sanron); Yogacara (Vasubandu; Hosso); Avatamsaka (Kegon); Saddharmapundarika (Tendai); Zuivere Land (Jodo; Shin; Ji); Nichiren --- Social aspects. --- Jodo-shin-shu --- Buddhist sects --- Pure Land Buddhism --- Shin (Sect) - Social aspects --- Religion and sociology - Japan --- Shin Buddhism --- Japanese society --- Honen's Pure Land doctrines --- Burakumin --- the Edo period --- Shinsu studies --- liberal thought in Japan --- gender --- media --- Shin Buddhism and globalization --- Japan --- japanese religions --- Buddhism

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Globalization --- Religious aspects --- Japan --- Religion.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Based on the assumption that existing epistemic and social structures shape the way in which Western concepts of secularism were appropriated, the contributions in this volume inquire into the historical conditions for the development of a Japanese form of secularity. This volume brings together contributions that, from different disciplinary perspectives, highlight certain aspects and problems related to the configuration of the relationship between the religious and the secular in Japan. In the background stands the question of the historical path dependencies that lead to the formation of a specifically Japanese secularity. Based on the assumption that existing epistemic and social structures shape the way in which Western concepts of secularism were appropriated, the individual case studies demonstrate that the culturally specific appropriation of Western regulatory principles such as secularism has created problems that are of political relevance in contemporary Japan.

Japan --- Secularism --- Religion. --- Japan. --- Japan --- Religion.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)