Religion and Civil Society in Contemporary Japan

This essay examines the applicability of the concept of civil society to contemporary Japanese religions. The first section discusses the concept of civil society, addressing the potential advantages and pitfalls of considering religious organizations alongside civil society organizations. The secon...

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Veröffentlicht in:Japanese journal of religious studies
1. VerfasserIn: Hardacre, Helen 1949- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Nanzan Institute [2004]
In: Japanese journal of religious studies
weitere Schlagwörter:B Peacetime
B Civil Society
B Buddhism
B Corporations
B War
B Shintoism
B Corporate regulation
B Religious Organizations
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Zusammenfassung:This essay examines the applicability of the concept of civil society to contemporary Japanese religions. The first section discusses the concept of civil society, addressing the potential advantages and pitfalls of considering religious organizations alongside civil society organizations. The second section addresses issues in the history of Japanese civil society and religion. Subsequent sections present the results of an attempt to align the founding of a variety of religious organizations with a chronology of the expansion of civil society, and to examine religions' peace activism from 1999 to 2003 in the context of civil society debate about peace, with an assessment of the results.
Enthält:Enthalten in: Japanese journal of religious studies