The Category of 'Religion' in Contemporary Japan Shūkyō and Temple Buddhism /

This book critically examines the term 'religion' (shūkyō) as a social category within the sociological context of contemporary Japan. Whereas the nineteenth-century construction of shūkyō has been critically studied by many, the same critical approach has not been extended to the contempo...

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Main Author:	Horii, Mitsutoshi (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:	1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:	Religion and sociology. Buddhism. Ethnology-Asia. Social structure. Social inequality.
ISBN:	9783319735702
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