About the Book
Contributors in anthropology, religious studies, and sociology look at Japanese "new religions" and how they spread overseas to better understand religious transplantation in an increasingly globalized world.
Japanese Religions in and beyond the Japanese Diaspora
Price: $25.00 / £21.00
Publication Date: Jan 2007
Publisher: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Imprint: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Title Details:
Rights: World
Pages: 264
ISBN: 9781557290878
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Series:
- Japan Research Monograph
About the Author
Doctor Ronan Alves Pereira is professor of Japanese studies at Universidade de Brasia, Brazil.
Hideaki Matsuoka is professor of international communication at Shukutoku University.
Hideaki Matsuoka is professor of international communication at Shukutoku University.
Table of Contents
Foreword vii
Andrew Barshay
Introduction 1
Part I: Japanese Religions in the World 15
1. The Expansion of Japan's New Religions Overseas 17
Susumu Shimazono
2. The Settlement of Zen in Australia 30
Gary D. Bouma
3. Sukyo Mahikari in Australia and Southeast Asia: A Globalized New Religious Movement outside the Japanese Diaspora 45
Wendy A. Smith
4. The Farce of the ""Great Russian Salvation Tour"": The Legacy of Aum Shinrikyo in Mother Russia 79
Daniel A. Metraux
5. When Uchi Goes Soto: The Travels of the Gods in the Shinto Diaspora 102
Nelson Graburn
Part II: Japanese Religions in Brazil 121
6. Japanese Religions in Brazil: Their Development in and out of the Diaspora Society 123
Hideaki Matsuoka and Ronan A. Pereira
7. The Brazilian Imaginaire of Zen: Global Influences, Rhizomatic Forms 146
Christina M. Rocha
8. The Nationalization of Foreign Gods: Seicho-no-ie among Brazilians 170
Leila M.B. de Albuquerque
9. Elevation of the Spirit: On the Continuity and Discontinuity between the Church of World Messianity and Brazilian Religions 183
Hideaki Matsuoka
10. ""A Paradise of Happiness Will Unfold in You in Brazil"": Soka Gakkai Success in and beyond the Japanese Expatriate Community 201
Ronan A. Pereira
Afterword 231
Robert N. Bellah
Glossary 234
Index of Names and Terms 246
Contributors 249
Reviews
"This book is a rich anthology of articles representing a reference for scholars and students who are interested in the diffusion of Japanese religions in the West.The unique contribution of this volume is its focus on the international expansion of Japanese religions in and beyond Japanese ethnic communities while emphasizing the role of Brazil in this process."Regina Yoshie Matsue, National University of Singapre, Japanese Journal of Religious Studies