Religious Discourse in Modern Japan Religion, State, and Shinto Isomae, Jun'ichi. creator JSTOR (Organization) text Electronic books. ne Leiden BRILL 2014 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (500 pages). 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. 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 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. 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. 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. 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." Theories of Religion in Postcolonial Criticism. a-ja--- Japan Religion 20th century Shinto Japan Japon Religion 20e siècle Shintō Japon RELIGION Comparative Religion RELIGION Essays RELIGION Reference RELIGION / Philosophy Religion Shinto Japan 1900-1999 fast BL2208.5 200.9 23 Religious Discourse in Modern Japan : Religion, State, and Shinto Isomae, Jun'ichi. Leiden : BRILL, ©2014 Dynamics in the history of religion 9789004272682 9004272682 9004272615 9789004272613 9004272674 9789004272675 22573/ctv2gdkz90 JSTOR https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctv2gjwxtz EBLCP 140712 20220513221117.8 in00004575682 eng