Problematic Conceptions and Critical Developments: The Construction and Relevance of Religion and Religious Studies in Japan

In this article I examine the concept of religion (shūkyō in Japanese) with reference to the claims that as a term and category it did not exist in Japan prior to the country's 19th century encounter with Western powers, and to the notion that ‘Religious Studies’ in Japan was simply implanted w...

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Main Author: Reader, Ian 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2016
In: Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions
Year: 2016, Volume: 3, Pages: 198-218
Further subjects:B shūkyōgaku
B the category of religion
B Religious Studies
B Japan
B Shūkyō
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