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The Bloomsbury Handbook of Japanese Religions
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Providing an overview of current cutting-edge research in the field of Japanese religions, this Handbook is the most up-to-date guide to contemporary scholarship in the field. As well as charting innovative research taking place, this book also points to new directions for future research, covering both the modern and pre-modern periods.
Edited by Erica Baffelli, Andrea Castiglioni, and Fabio Rambelli, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Japanese Religions includes essays by international scholars from the USA, Europe, Japan, and New Zealand. Topics and themes include gender, politics, the arts, economy, media, globalization, and colonialism.
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Japanese Religions is an essential reference point for upper-level students and scholars of Japanese religions as well as Japanese Studies more broadly.
Table of Contents
2. Chaplaincy in Japan, Kasai Kenta (Sophia University, Tokyo)
3. Cultural Heritage, Lindsey DeWitt (Ghent University, Belgium)
4. Disasters, Levi McLaughlin (North Carolina State University, USA)
5. Economy and Spirituality, Ioannis Gaitanidis (Chiba University, Japan)
6. Economy of Buddhism, Jørn Borup, (Aarhus University, Denmark)
Case Study: Buddhist temples of the future: managing survival, Paulina Kolata (University of Chester, UK)
7. Empire and Colonialism, Emily Anderson (Independent Scholar, USA)
Case Study: Aesthetics of Buddhist Modernism, Paride Stortini (University of Chicago, USA)
8. Environmentalism, Aike Rots (Oslo University, Norway)
Case Study: Grassroots Environmental activities in Rissho Koseikai, Aura di Febo (University of Leeds, UK)
9. Food Offerings, Allan G. Grapard (Emeritus, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
10. Folk Performing arts, Suzuki Masataka (Emeritus, Keio University, Tokyo)
11. Gender, Kawahashi Noriko (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan)
12. Globalization, Richard Payne (Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley, USA)
Case study Diaspora Buddhism, Jørn Borup (Aarhus University, Denmark)
13. Islam, Komura Akiko (Keio University, Tokyo)
14. Law, Mark Mullins (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
15. Materiality, Halle O'Neal (University of Edinburgh, UK)
16. Media and Technology, Kaitlyn Ugoretz (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) and Erica Baffelli (University of Manchester, UK)
Case study World-Wide Shinto: The Globalization of 'Japanese' Religion Kaitlyn Ugoretz (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
Case study Robots Kimura Takeshi (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
17. Medicine, Katja Triplett (Leipzig University, Germany)
18. Minorities, Takahashi Norihito (University of Toyo, Japan)
Case Study Daijo Islam (Mahayana Islam) Komura Akiko (Rikkyo University, Japan)
19. “New Religions”, Kato Masato (Tenri Unversity, Japan)
20. Pilgrimages and “Sacred” Geography, Ian Reader (University of Manchester, UK)
21. Politics, Omi Toshihiro (Musashino University, Japan)
Case study Religion, Socialism, and Secularization James Mark Shields (Bucknell University, USA)
22. Premodern traditions, Hayashi Makoto (Aichi Gakuin University, Japan)
23. Sexuality, Ori Porath (University of Chicago, USA)
24. Sound, Fumi Ouchi (Miyagi Gakuin Women's University, Japan)
Case study The Matsuri as Sonic Event, Andrea Giolai (Leiden University, Netherlands)
25. Space, Tatsuma Padoan (University College Cork, Ireland)
26. Spiritualism and Occultism, Yoshinaga Shin'ichi (Ryukoku University, Japan)
27. Spirituality, Horie Norichika (Tokyo University, Japan)
28. Tourism, Yamanaka Hiroshi (University of Tokyo, Japan)
29. Women, Emily Simpson (Dartmouth College, US)
Case study Mountain Worship and Women, Kobayashi Naoko (Aichi Gakuin University, Japan)
Index
Product details
| Published | Apr 22 2021 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 344 |
| ISBN | 9781350043732 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Dimensions | 244 x 169 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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