The Category of ‘Religion’ in Contemporary Japan: Shūkyō and Temple Buddhism
This book critically examines the term ‘religion’ (shūkyō) as a social category within the sociological context of contemporary Japan. Whereas the nineteenth-century construction of shūkyō has been critically studied by many, the same critical approach has not been extended to the contemporary conte...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Cham
Palgrave Macmillan
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Series/Journal: | SpringerLink Bücher
Springer eBook Collection Social Sciences |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Japan
/ Religion
/ Concept of
/ Publicity
/ Religious organization
B Japan / Buddhism / Priest / Vocation B Japan / Religious sociology / Religious policy / Religious change / Religious behavior / Buddhism |
| Further subjects: | B
Buddhism
Japan
B Social Sciences B Social Inequality B Japan B Ethnology Asia B 21st Century B History B Religion and sociology Japan B Religion and sociology B Buddhism B Buddhist priests Japan B 2000-2099 B Social Structure B Religion And Politics |
| Online Access: |
Presumably Free Access Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Printed edition: 9783319735696 |