Japanese Religions in and Beyond the Japanese Diaspora.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pereira, Ronan Alves.

Contributor:

Ronan Alves Pereira

Series:

Japan Research Monograph Series

Japan Research Monograph Series ; v.15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese diaspora.

Religion and culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California, Institute of East Asian Studies, 2007.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front cover

Notes to this edition

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

1. The Expansion of Japan's New Religions Overseas

Conditions of Receiving Areas

After the Sarin Gas Attack in 1995

References

2. The Settlement of Zen in Australia

The Demographics of Change

The Emergence of Zen

Motivations for Adopting the Practices of Zen

The Settlement of Zen

3. Sukyo Mahikari in Australia and Southeast Asia: A Globalized Japanese New Religious Movement outside the Japanese Diaspora

Brief Introduction to Mahikari

Spiritual Principles and Ritual Practices

Organizational Structure

Factors Promoting Globalization

Conclusion

4. The Farce of the "Great Russian Salvation Tour": The Legacy of Aum Shinrikyo in Mother Russia

Aum Shinrikyo in Japan

Aum in Russia

Reasons for Aum's Appeal to So Many Russians

Aum's Shallow Roots in Russia

Aum's Relationships with Russian Leaders and Talk of Arms Sales

Aum's Search for Russian Arms

Why Russia?

Current State of Aum in Russia

Aum's Failures in Retrospect

5. When Uchi Goes Soto: The Travels of the Gods in the Shinto Diaspora

Kaigai Jinja: Shinto Shrines Abroad

Tsubaki Amerika

Kyoha Shinto

Kannagara Jinja

Tsubaki Jinja Exceptionalism

Kaigai Jinja and the Japanese Diaspora

Kaigai Jinja and Foreign Gods

Discussion

6. Japanese Religions in Brazil: Their Development in and out of the Diaspora Society

Historical Background

The Development of Japanese Traditional Religion

Shintoism

Development of the Japanese New Religions in Brazil

1908-1929: Arrival in Brazil

1930-1940: Expansion within the Colonia Japonesa

1941-1954: Postwar Turmoil and Lack of Proselytization.

1955-1964: The Second Arrival of New Religions in Brazil

1965-Present: New Religions' Place in the Brazilian Religious Arena

Conclusion: Japanese Religion in and out of the Japanese Brazilian Community

7. The Brazilian Imaginaire of Zen: Global Influences, Rhizomatic Forms

Zen Style-a Lifestyle? Imagined Worlds

Here and There Instantly

Mediascapes: Buddha Is Pop

Using Buddhism to Ward off Violence, Corruption, and Crime

Equaling Oneself to Overseas Elites, Distancing Oneself from Catholicism

Ethnoscapes: People on the Move

Technoscapes: The Cybersangha

Chaos vis-a-vis Situatedness

Zen as a Lifestyle

8. The Nationalization of Foreign Gods: Seicho-no-ie among Brazilians

Researching Seicho-no-ie among Brazilians

A Universal Religion in the Making

The Brazilian Adherents and the Meaning of Seicho-no-ie

9. Elevation of the Spirit: On the Continuity and Discontinuity between the Church of World Messianity and Brazilian Religions

The Founder of the Heaven: Messianity and Catholicism

Messianity's View of the Spirit World

Spirit and Humanity: Kardecismo and Messianity

Conclusion: Social Class and Spirits

10. "A Paradise of Happiness Will Unfold for You in Brazil": Soka Gakkai Success in and beyond the Japanese Expatriate Community

The Dawn of Kosen-Rufu [Propagation] in Japan and Brazil

The Brazilian Setting

The Strategies of BSGI

The Appeal of Soka Gakkai for Brazilians

Final Remarks

Afterword

Glossary

Index of Names and Terms

Contributors

Back cover.

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ISBN:

1-55729-224-8

OCLC:

1601683096