Religious Discourse in Modern Japan : Religion, State, and Shinto.

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Acknowledgements; Preface; Religion, Shintō, and the Emperor System; The Modern West and the Concept of Religion; Shintō and the Emperor System; Introduction The Development of the Concept of Religion and the Discipline of Religious Studies; "Religion" in the West; "Religion" in the Non-West; Modern Japan in the Debate; Part One The Formation of the Concept of "Religion" and Modern Academic Discourse; Chapter 1 The Concept of "Religion": From the Modern Opening of Japan to the Emergence of Religious Studies; Translating "Religion" as Shūkyō

From Toleration of Christianity to the Suspension of the Kyōbushō PolicyThe "National Morality" Phase; The Emergence of Academic Discourse on Religion; Chapter 2 Inoue Tetsujirō and the Debates on Religion and Philosophy; The "Comparative Religion and Eastern Philosophy" Lectures; Broad Outline of the Lectures; The Political Dimension of the Indian Religion Discourse; Comparative Religion and Eastern Philosophy; Developments in the History of Eastern Philosophy; West versus East; Shifting Towards the Study of Japan; The Subdividing of Scholarship.

Chapter 3 Buddhism: From Premodern Traditions to Modern ReligionThe "Doubling" of Buddhism; State Authority and Universalism; Part Two The Establishment and Development of Religious Studies; Chapter 4 Discourse on Religion and Social Reality; The Tasks for Religious Studies Today; Anesaki Masaharu's Religious Studies; The Essence of Religion; Critique of Power and Authority; The National Community Theory; Making the Discourse Relevant to Society; Chapter 5 State and Religion in Anesaki Masaharu; Religion and the State; Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism and the Imperial House.

From Comparative Religion to Religious StudiesExperience of the West and Representation of Japan; The "Yellow Peril" and Opposition to the West; Mysticism and Discourse on the Kokutai; East-West Harmony and the Representation of Japan; The Collapse of Harmony between East and West; Chapter 6 The Process of Development of Religious Studies: From History of Theory to History of Reflective Discourse; The Study of the History of Religious Studies in Japan; From Academic Theory to History of Scholarly Discourse; The Aum Shinrikyō Incident and Theories of Religious Experience.

Part Three Establishment of Shintō Studies and the State Shintō SystemChapter 7 Modern Shintō Studies and Tanaka Yoshitō; The National Morality Doctrine; Student of Inoue Tetsujirō; Towards a Japanese Theory of Education; Tanaka's Shintō Studies Project; The Imperial Way and Shintō; Shintō and Scholarship; From the National Morality Doctrine to Shintō Studies; Shintō Shrines as Not Religious; Making Shintō the State Religion; Founding "Shintō Studies"; Impasse in Shintō Studies; Chapter 8 The Emperor System and "State Shintō": Dislocation of "Religion" and the "Secular."

Theories of Religion in Postcolonial Criticism.

Religious Discourse in Modern Japan explores the transportation of the Western concept of "religion" in in the modern era; the emergence of discourse on Shinto, philosophy, and Buddhism; and the evolution of the academic discipline of religious studies in Japan.

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