Christian Wedding Ceremonies: "Nonreligiousness" in Contemporary Japan
Christian wedding ceremonies have, since the mid-1990s, displaced the Shinto rite and continue to remain Japans wedding ceremony of choice. In apparent contrast, the vast majority of Japanese individuals claim to be "nonreligious" or mushūkyō. Using the Christian wedding ceremonies of cont...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Nanzan Institute
[2015]
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Japanese journal of religious studies
Année: 2015, Volume: 42, Numéro: 2, Pages: 185-203 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Japan
/ Rite nuptial
/ Mariage
/ Christianisme
/ Irréligion
/ Spiritualité
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophie de la religion AG Vie religieuse AX Dialogue interreligieux BL Bouddhisme BN Shintoïsme CB Spiritualité chrétienne KBM Asie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Buddhism
B Religious rituals B Faith B Christianity B Cultural Identity B Marriage B Pastors B Weddings B Prayer |
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| Résumé: | Christian wedding ceremonies have, since the mid-1990s, displaced the Shinto rite and continue to remain Japans wedding ceremony of choice. In apparent contrast, the vast majority of Japanese individuals claim to be "nonreligious" or mushūkyō. Using the Christian wedding ceremonies of contemporary Japan as a context, this article explores the way in which claims of "non-religiousness" are used to both reject and affirm religious behaviors. Most typically, nonreligious attitudes reject religious positions perceived as abnormal, foreign, unusually intense, deviant, or unhealthy while simultaneously affirming the importance of religion to affective acts of belief. Furthermore, nonreligious individuals tend to rely heavily on religious professionals and to vicariously entrust specialized acts of prayer and ritual to religious authorities when desirable and appropriate. |
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| Contient: | Enthalten in: Japanese journal of religious studies
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