Belief and Practice in Imperial Japan and Colonial Korea

Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction: Empire of Religions: Exploring Belief and Practice in Imperial Japan and Colonial Korea -- Religions in Empires -- Contributors -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 1: Finding Religion in Japan�...

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Main Author: Anderson, Emily (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Singapore Springer Singapore 2016
In:Year: 2016
Series/Journal:Religion and Society in Asia Pacific
Religion and Society in Asia Pacific Ser
Further subjects:B Religion and sociology
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Parallel Edition:Print version: Anderson, Emily: Belief and Practice in Imperial Japan and Colonial Korea. - Singapore : Springer Singapore,c2016. - 9789811015656
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Summary:Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction: Empire of Religions: Exploring Belief and Practice in Imperial Japan and Colonial Korea -- Religions in Empires -- Contributors -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 1: Finding Religion in Japan's Empire -- The Political Invention of Religion -- Finding Religion in Empire -- Notes -- Chapter 2: State Shinto Policy in Colonial Korea -- Introduction -- The Construction of a State Shinto System in Colonial Korea: On the Characteristics of Law -- Changes During Cultural Rule: The Emergence of an Independent Shrine Administration -- The Truth About the State Shinto System in Korea -- Education and Shrines: "Separation of Church and State" and Chōsen jingū, Christianity, and the Mobilization of School Children -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Korean Buddhist Historiography and the Legacies of Japanese Colonialism (1910-1945) -- Introduction: Problematizing Buddhism's Position in Japan and Korea Prior to Colonialism -- Religion and Politics: The Paradox of Japanese Colonialism for Korean Buddhism -- The Stigmatization of Collaboration and the Logic of State-Protection Buddhism -- Conflating Religious and Political Commitments -- Historical Continuities in Policies and Prescriptions -- Conclusion: Persistent Dichotomies and the Reproduction of Colonial Assumptions -- Notes -- Chapter 4: The Adventures of a Japanese Monk in Colonial Korea: Sōma Shōei's Zen Training with Korean Masters -- Two Separate Communities in Colonial Korea -- Sōma and the Association of Korean Buddhism (Chōsen Bukkyōdan) -- Sōma's Adventures in Colonial Korea -- Search for Masters -- Sōma's Views on Japanese and Korean Buddhism -- "Go Back to the Mountains": The Impact of Sōma's Writings -- Conclusion -- Notes
Chapter 5: Eastern Learning Divided: The Split in the Tonghak Religion and the Japanese Annexation of Korea, 1904-1910 -- The Origins of the Split in Tonghak -- Background to the Ilchinhoe's Proposal for Annexation in 1910 -- The Ilchinhoe's Merger Proposal and Reactions and Defense -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Between God and Caesar: The Position of the Non-Church Movement in Korea and Japan from 1927 to 1945 -- Faith, Nation, and Providence -- Caesar and God -- The Non-Church Movement and the Imperial State in Japan -- Historical and Historiographical Considerations -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Developing an Imperial Theology: Transforming "Others" into "Brothers in Christ" for a Multiethnic Empire -- An Obligation to Civilize -- Making a Case for a Mission in Korea: Korea as the New Kingdom of God -- Notes -- Chapter 8: The Question of Quintessence: Buddhism in Wartime Japanese Academia -- Japanese Buddhism and National Identity -- Hanayama Shinshō and Japanese Buddhism -- Miyamoto Shōson and Fundamental Buddhism -- In Lieu of a Conclusion: Japan and the Quintessence of Buddhist Tradition -- Notes -- Chapter 9: Transnational Contexts of Tenrikyo Mission in Korea: Korea, Manchuria, and the United States -- Introduction -- The Political-Legal Universe of Tenrikyo Followers in the Pre-Second World War Period -- Persecution by the State and Conformity in Return for Protection of a Sort -- Preordained Overseas Mission -- Tenrikyo Followers in Korea Under Suspicion -- The Korean Environment for Tenrikyo Missionaries -- Legal Status of Korea in International Law -- Assimilation in Rhetoric and Segregation in Practice -- Academic Assessment of Tenrikyo Mission Efforts in Korea -- The Conformity View -- The Façade View -- The Synthetic View -- Manchurian and American Connections -- Conclusion -- Notes
Chapter 10: Poch'ŏn'gyo and the Imperial State: Negotiations Between the Spiritual and Secular Governments -- Approaches -- Definitions -- How Political Was Poch'ŏn'gyo? -- New Japanese Tactics: Appeasement and the Use of the Classification "Religion" to Control Poch'ŏn'gyo -- "Modernization": Appeasement and Negotiation -- The Chimera of Becoming a Universal Religion and the Pro-Japanese Betrayal -- The End Game -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 11: US Occupation Policy on Shinto in Postliberation Korea and Occupied Japan -- Introduction -- Shrines in Korea After Japan's Defeat -- Shinto Policy of the USAFIK Before the Occupation -- Shinto Policy After the Occupation -- Counterargument by the Government-General: "Shrines as Nonreligious" -- Change in the USAFIK's Policy -- Reasons Behind the Policy Change -- Protection of Other Religions -- Comparison with GHQ's Shinto Policy -- The Vincent Statement -- Direction from Joint Chiefs of Staff and Shinto Directive -- Conclusion: Epilogue -- Notes -- Chapter 12: Religion in Occupied Japan: The Impact of SCAP's Policies on Shinto -- Introduction -- Pre-Occupation Planning and Initial Directives -- SCAP's Religions Division and the Shinto Directive -- Strict Separation for Shinto Versus Promotion of Christianity -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index
ISBN:981101566X