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The book was also reviewed by Philip Blosser in Research in Phenomenology, [7] the theologian Thomas J. J. Altizer in Journal of the American Academy of Religion, [8] the Buddhist studies scholar Bernard Faure in The Journal of Asian Studies, [9] Thomas P. Kasulis in The Journal of Religion, [10] and Richard H. Drummond in Journal of Ecumenical ...
There he founded the Japanese Association for the Study of Religion and Society, and the Religious Information Research Center, an archive centered on the study of modern Japanese religion. Beginning in 1990, he served as co-editor of the definitive work, Encyclopedia of New Religions that covered over 400 religious leaders and 300 new ...
The earliest period of Japanese historiography is the hunter-gatherer Jōmon period, which is thought to have been primarily animistic.In the later centuries (14,000–400 BC) of this period, there was an emergence of distinctive material artifacts such as clay figurines (known to scholars as dogū), intricate ceramics, and masks.
Among the many works authored by Nishitani in Japanese, are the following titles: Divinity and Absolute Negation (Kami to zettai Mu; 1948), Examining Aristotle (Arisutoteresu ronkō; 1948); Religion, Politics, and Culture (Shūkyō to seiji to bunka; 1949); Modern Society's Various Problems and Religion (Gendai shakai no shomondai to shūkyō ...
According to the annual statistical research on religion in 2018 by the Government of Japan's Agency for Culture Affairs, about two million or around 1.5% of Japan's population are Christians. [28] Other religions include Islam (70,000) and Judaism (2,000), which are largely immigrant communities with some ethnic Japanese practitioners.
Shinto (神道, Shintō), also kami-no-michi, [a] is the indigenous religion of Japan and of most of the people of Japan. [14] George Williams classifies Shinto as an action-centered religion; [15] it focuses on ritual practices to be carried out diligently in order to establish a connection between present-day Japan and its ancient roots. [16]
The Review of Japanese Culture and Society is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal covering Japanese art, literature, and society. It publishes English translations of Japanese works and perspectives from both Japanese and international scholars. Each of its annual issues is typically on a special theme, with special editors for the issue.
In 2005, Robert Roche, president of Oaklawn Marketing in Japan, endowed a $1 million chair for “Interreligious Research.” [7] Among the many funded projects of recent years, the Nanzan Institute engaged with the Templeton Foundation project on Affirming Science and Religion in the Japanese Context [8] published in 2009 in the book Global ...