Politics and Religion in Modern Japan [electronic resource] : Red Sun, White Lotus /
Starrs, R.editor.
Written by leading scholars in the field, this book provides new insights, based on original research, into the full spectrum of modern Japanese political-religious activity: from the prewar uses of Shinto in shaping the modern imperial nation-state to the postwar 'new religions' that have challenged the power of the political establishment.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface : the transdisciplinary significance of Red Sun, White Lotus / Roger Griffin -- Introduction : politics and religion in Japan /   Roy Starrs -- Ritual, purity and power : rethinking Shinto in restoration Japan / Yijiang Zhong -- The Mikado's august body : 'divinity' and 'corporeality' of the Meiji emperor and the ideological construction of imperial rule / Kyu Hyun Kim -- Does Shinto history 'begin at Kuroda'? : on the historical continuities of political Shinto / Klaus Antoni -- Sada Kaiseki : an alternative discourse on Buddhism, modernity, and nationalism in the early Meiji period / Fabio Rambelli -- Carry the Buddha out into the street! : a sliver of resistance to Japanese militarism / Brian Daizen Victoria -- The atmosphere of conversion in interwar Japan / Alan Tansman -- A naked public square? : religion and politics in imperial Japan / Kevin M. Doak -- 'The Gakkai is faith, the Komeito is action' : Soka Gakkai and 'Buddhist politics' / Erica Baffelli -- From Mishima to Aum : religiopolitical violence in late twentieth-century Japan / Roy Starrs -- Voices of rage : a critical approach to the problem of Yasukuni / John Breen -- Afterword : a comparative glance at politics and religion in Japan / Prasenjit Duara.
Written by leading scholars in the field, this book provides new insights, based on original research, into the full spectrum of modern Japanese political-religious activity: from the prewar uses of Shinto in shaping the modern imperial nation-state to the postwar 'new religions' that have challenged the power of the political establishment.
Asia—History.
World politics.
Philosophy.
History, Modern.
Social history.
Japan—History.
Asian History.
Political History.
History of Philosophy.
Modern History.
Social History.
History of Japan.