Youth culture and religion in twenty-first century Japan from hyper-real to 2.5-dimensional religion Satoko Fujiwara and Hiroki Miura

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fujiwara, Satoko, 1963- author.

Miura, Hiroki (Of Tōkyō Daigaku), author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in new religious movements

Cambridge elements. Elements in new religious movements 2635-232X

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young adults--Religious life--Japan.

Young adults.

Japan--Religion.

Japan.

Young adults--Religious life.

Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2025

Summary:

"This Element explores emerging forms of religiosity among Japanese young adults. It argues that existing frameworks are insufficient to capture the nuances of youth religiosity in the Era of Virtuality. It introduces the concepts of “2.5-dimensional religion” and “subjective ritualization” to explain how young people engage with digital, fictional, and embodied practices that blur the boundaries between reality and imagination. Drawing from examples such as oshi-katsu (fandom-based devotional practices), 2.5-D musicals, tulpa creation, and anime pilgrimage, it identifies a shift from narrative-based subjective myths to embodied and participatory subjective rituals. It demonstrates the ways that contemporary Japanese youth express their religiosity through affective ties, performative engagements, and layered identities in both physical and digital environments. The Element contributes a new theoretical lens for understanding religion across cultures in an age defined by fragmented identities, technological mediation, and the search for connection through affectively charged, often playful, quasi-religious practices"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

From hyper-real to 2.5-dimensional

From subjective myths to subjective ritualization

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed December 18, 2025)

Other Format:

Print version Fujiwara, Satoko, 1963- Youth culture and religion in twenty-first century Japan

ISBN:

9781009550239

1009550233

OCLC:

1550791063

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