@article{938098,
      recid = {938098},
      author = {Horii, Mitsutoshi, and Fitzgerald, Timothy,},
      title = {The category of 'religion' in contemporary Japan : shūkyō  and Temple Buddhism /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xii, 284 pages)},
      abstract = {"This book critically examines the term 'religion'  (shūkyō) as a social category within the sociological  context of contemporary Japan. Whereas the  nineteenth-century construction of shūkyō has been  critically studied by many, the same critical approach has  not been extended to the contemporary context of the  Japanese-language discourse on shūkyō and Temple Buddhism.  This work aims to unveil the norms and imperatives which  govern the utilization of the term shūkyō in the specific  context of modern day Japan, with a particular focus upon  Temple Buddhism. The author draws on a number of popular  publications in Japanese, many of which have been written  by Buddhist priests. In addition, the book offers rich  interview material from conversations with Buddhist  priests. Readers will gain insights into the critical  deconstruction, the historicization, and the study of  social classification system of 'religion', in terms of its  cross-cultural application to the contemporary Japanese  context. The book will be of interest to students and  scholars across a range of disciplines including Japanese  Studies, Buddhology, Religious Studies, Social  Anthropology, and Sociology."--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/938098},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73570-2},
}