Practically Religious

Reader, Ian; Tanabe, George J.

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“…Miyazaki's repeated choice to incorporate religious themes is likely just as much his recognition that "spiritual sells" as it is a reflection of the director's own spiritual views. 95 This pragmatic attitude, apparent I think in Miyazaki and part of his audience, reflects the fact that Japanese religion is based upon a strong sense of responding to mundane needs. This can manifest itself in both fervent religious practice and in a seemingly more "irreverent" usage of religious stuff for mundane ends.…”

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Shûkyô Asobi and Miyazaki Hayao's Anime

Thomas¹

2007

Nova Religio

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This article attempts to address the lack of terminology concerning the long-standing but often overlooked relationship between religion and entertainment in Japan, arguing that these two seemingly discrete and opposing fields are often conflated. Examining the underlying thought behind the animation films of director Miyazaki Hayao, and investigating audience responses to those works, the article suggests that this conflation——religious entertainment or playful religion——can best be described by the neologism shûûkyôô asobi. Composed of the words "religion" and "play" in Japanese, shûûkyôô asobi jettisons the artificial distinction between popular entertainment and religion in favor of describing the common space between them, as well as describing the utilization of that space by various interest groups. This deployment of simultaneously religious and playful media or action can result in the creation of entirely new religious doctrines, interpretations, rituals, and beliefs.

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Shûkyô Asobi and Miyazaki Hayao's Anime

Thomas¹

2007

Nova Religio

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“…43 Finally, the perceived focus of 'New Religions' on worldly material benefits made them the subject of much derision in Japanese intellec~1 circles. 44 In Korea, in contrast, Christjani~and in particular Protestantism since its introduction to the country in the late 19…”

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Ikeda Daisaku Compared to Cho Yonggi: Insight into Post-War Japanese and Korean History

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2008

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Ikeda Daisaku, as the third leader of Japan's largest so-called 'New Religion,' has received much journalistic and scholarly attention since his taking over leadership in 1960 of Soka Gakkai. None of these treatments, however, has looked at Ikeda in a rigorously comparative fashion. This essay will make an explicit comparison of Ikeda's career with: Cho Yonggi, the South Korean Pentecostal Christian minister who founded the world's largest church, the Yoido Full Gospel Church. The comparison will be made to highlight unique features of Ikeda, Soka Gakkai, and Komeito, Soka Gakkai's affiliated political party which presently forms part of the ruling coalition of the Japanese government. It will be argued, however, that this comparison tells us more about modern (and post-war) Japan than about Ikeda, especially the continuing marginal social standing of 'New Religions' and the cost of being a charismatic leader in a society dominated by 'groupism '.

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Historical, New, and “New” New Religions

Reader¹

2005

A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan

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Practically Religious

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Shûkyô Asobi and Miyazaki Hayao's Anime

Shûkyô Asobi and Miyazaki Hayao's Anime

Ikeda Daisaku Compared to Cho Yonggi: Insight into Post-War Japanese and Korean History

Historical, New, and “New” New Religions

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