Providing an overview of current cutting-edge research in the field of Japanese religions, this Handbook is the most up-to-date guide to contemporary scholarship in the field. As well as charting innovative research taking place, this book also points to new directions for future research, covering both the modern and pre-modern periods.
Edited by Erica Baffelli, Andrea Castiglioni, and Fabio Rambelli, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Japanese Religions includes essays by international scholars from the USA, Europe, Japan, and New Zealand. Topics and themes include gender, politics, the arts, economy, media, globalization, and colonialism.
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Japanese Religions is an essential reference point for upper-level students and scholars of Japanese religions as well as Japanese Studies more broadly.

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The Bloomsbury Handbook of Japanese Religions
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The Bloomsbury Handbook of Japanese Religions
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Notes for the Reader
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care
- Chapter 3 Cultural Heritage
- Chapter 4 Disasters
- Chapter 5 Economy and Spirituality
- Chapter 6 Economy of Buddhism
- Case Study Buddhist Temples of the Future
- Chapter 7 Empire and Colonialism
- Case Study Aesthetics of Buddhist Modernism
- Chapter 8 Environmentalism
- Case Study Grassroots Environmental Activities in Risshō Kōseikai
- Chapter 9 Food Offerings
- Chapter 10 Folk Performing Arts
- Chapter 11 Gender
- Chapter 12 Globalization
- Case Study Diaspora Buddhism
- Chapter 13 Islam
- Chapter 14 Law
- Chapter 15 Materiality
- Chapter 16 Media and Technology
- Case Study World-Wide Shinto: The Globalization of “Japanese” Religion
- Chapter 17 Medicine
- Chapter 18 Minorities
- Case Study Daijō Islam (Mahayāna Islam)
- Chapter 19 “New Religions”
- Chapter 20 Pilgrimages and “Sacred” Geography
- Chapter 21 Politics
- Case Study Religion, Socialism, and Secularization
- Chapter 22 Premodern Traditions
- Chapter 23 Sexuality
- Chapter 24 Sound
- Case Study The Matsuri as Sonic Event
- Chapter 25 Space
- Chapter 26 Spiritualism and Occultism
- Chapter 27 Spirituality
- Chapter 28 Tourism
- Chapter 29 Women
- Case Study Mountain Worship and Women
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index
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