Religion, Second Modernity and Individualization in Japan

Drawing on the theory of second modernity and individualization postulated by Ulrich Beck and his colleagues, Japanese sociologists have noted that a radical shift in Japan's societal structure and modes has occurred since the mid-1990s, when institutions that had so far maintained a stable soc...

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Main Author: Porcu, Elisabetta (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2018]
In: Journal of Religion in Japan
Year: 2018, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 126-144
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Japan / The Modern / Globalization / Global community / Social change / Individualization / Honkouji / Adaptation
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BL Buddhism
KBM Asia
RB Church office; congregation
ZA Social sciences
Further subjects:B Honkoji
B Individualization
B religion in Japan
B Japanese Buddhism
B Ulrich Beck
B second modernity
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