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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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2015
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Journal of Religion in Japan
Année: 2015, Volume: 4, Numéro: 1, Pages: 32-63 |
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Japan
/ Religiosité
/ Développement
/ Sécularisation
/ Rituel
/ Enquête
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophie de la religion AD Sociologie des religions AG Vie religieuse AZ Nouveau mouvement religieux BL Bouddhisme BN Shintoïsme KBM Asie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Secularisation
Japanese religion
life cycle
religious experience
practices
beliefs
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Résumé: | 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 |
| Contient: | In: Journal of Religion in Japan
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22118349-00401002 |