Directions of Change in Japanese Religiosity
Assertions about ‘secularisation’ in Japan are dependent on the accuracy of attempts to measure religiosity. Most indices try to measure observable religious practices, some also trying to assess levels of belief, but very few studies have attempted to measure the prevalence of religious experience....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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Journal of Religion in Japan
Year: 2015, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 32-63 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Japan
/ Religiosity
/ Development
/ Secularization
/ Ritual
/ Interrogation
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements BL Buddhism BN Shinto KBM Asia |
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Secularisation
Japanese religion
life cycle
religious experience
practices
beliefs
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| Summary: | Assertions about ‘secularisation’ in Japan are dependent on the accuracy of attempts to measure religiosity. Most indices try to measure observable religious practices, some also trying to assess levels of belief, but very few studies have attempted to measure the prevalence of religious experience. Measurements in each of these dimensions is problematic to some extent, so it is very difficult to know whether or not Japanese religiosity overall is increasing, declining or staying about the same, albeit with some surface changes. It is probably premature to assert too confidently that there is secularisation in Japan, or that religion is increasing or staying the same. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-8349 |
| Contains: | In: Journal of Religion in Japan
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22118349-00401002 |