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This book critically examines the term 'religion' (shukyo) as a
social category within the sociological context of contemporary
Japan. Whereas the nineteenth-century construction of shukyo has
been critically studied by many, the same critical approach has not
been extended to the contemporary context of the Japanese-language
discourse on shukyo and Temple Buddhism. This work aims to unveil
the norms and imperatives which govern the utilization of the term
shukyo 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.
This book critically examines the term 'religion' (shukyo) as a
social category within the sociological context of contemporary
Japan. Whereas the nineteenth-century construction of shukyo has
been critically studied by many, the same critical approach has not
been extended to the contemporary context of the Japanese-language
discourse on shukyo and Temple Buddhism. This work aims to unveil
the norms and imperatives which govern the utilization of the term
shukyo 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.
Informed by 'critical religion' perspective in Religious Studies
and postcolonial self-reflection in Sociology, this book
interrogates the ideas of 'religion' and 'the secular' in social
theory and Sociology. It argues that as long as social theory and
sociological discourse embed the religion-secular distinction and
locate themselves on the 'secular' side of the binary, Sociology
will continue to serve the very ideologies it tries to subvert -
namely Western modernity/coloniality.
Informed by 'critical religion' perspective in Religious Studies
and postcolonial self-reflection in Sociology, this book
interrogates the ideas of 'religion' and 'the secular' in social
theory and Sociology. It argues that as long as social theory and
sociological discourse embed the religion-secular distinction and
locate themselves on the 'secular' side of the binary, Sociology
will continue to serve the very ideologies it tries to subvert -
namely Western modernity/coloniality.
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