Shinto Research and the Humanities in Japan

Three approaches to scholarship are “scholarship as a way,” which aims at perfection of character; “scholarship as a method,” which clearly limits objects and methods in order to achieve precise perception and new knowledge; and “scholarship as an expression,” which takes various approaches to quest...

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Subtitles:Where are we?
Main Author: Kamata, Tōji 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Open Library of Humanities$s2024- [2016]
In: Zygon
Year: 2016, Volume: 51, Issue: 1, Pages: 43-62
Further subjects:B Beauty
B Nature
B arts and entertainment
B geology and geography
B ecological wisdom
B techniques of body and mind transformation
B Awe
B Place
B Way
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Summary:Three approaches to scholarship are “scholarship as a way,” which aims at perfection of character; “scholarship as a method,” which clearly limits objects and methods in order to achieve precise perception and new knowledge; and “scholarship as an expression,” which takes various approaches to questions and inquiry. The “humanities” participate deeply and broadly in all three of these approaches. In relation to this view of the humanities, Japanese Shinto is a field of study that yields rich results. As a religion of awe, shrine groves, community, arts, and entertainment, it offers a research field that joins together the study of human beings, nature, society, and expression. Though we elucidate the characteristics of Shinto and its differences with Buddhism, we also draw attention to the seven dimensions of “place, way, beauty, festival, technique, poetry, and ecological wisdom,” and then finally take up “research on techniques of body and mind transformation” as a comprehensive and creative development in the “humanities.”
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12233