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Zusatztext This is another valuable tool for studying religion in Japan, which I would warmly recommend to students and more advanced researchers in the search for updates and new perspectives. Informationen zum Autor Erica Baffelli is Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the University of Manchester, UK. Andrea Castiglioni is Senior lecturer in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagoya City University, Japan. Fabio Rambelli, Professor of Japanese Religions and Cultural History and ISF Endowed Chair in Shinto Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Vorwort An innovative and up-to-date handbook that provides insights into current and future research in religion and society in pre-modern and modern Japan. Zusammenfassung Providing an overview of current cutting-edge research in the field of Japanese religions, this Handbook is the most up-to-date guide to contemporary scholarship in the field. As well as charting innovative research taking place, this book also points to new directions for future research, covering both the modern and pre-modern periods. Edited by Erica Baffelli, Andrea Castiglioni, and Fabio Rambelli, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Japanese Religions includes essays by international scholars from the USA, Europe, Japan, and New Zealand. Topics and themes include gender, politics, the arts, economy, media, globalization, and colonialism. The Bloomsbury Handbook of Japanese Religions is an essential reference point for upper-level students and scholars of Japanese religions as well as Japanese Studies more broadly. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction, Erica Baffelli (University of Manchester, UK) , Andrea Castiglioni ( Nagoya City University, Japan ) and Fabio Rambelli (University of California, Santa Barbara, US) 2 . Chaplaincy in Japan, Kasai Kenta ( Sophia University, Tokyo) 3 . Cultural Heritage , Lindsey DeWitt (Ghent University, Belgium) 4. Disasters, Levi McLaughlin (North Carolina State University, USA) 5. Economy and Spirituality, Ioannis Gaitanidis (Chiba University, Japan) 6. Economy of Buddhism, Jørn Borup, (Aarhus University, Denmark) Case Study: Buddhist temples of the future: managing survival, Paulina Kolata (University of Chester, UK) 7. Empire and Colonialism, Emily Anderson (Independent Scholar, USA) Case Study: Aesthetics of Buddhist Modernism, Paride Stortini (University of Chicago, USA) 8. Environmentalism, Aike Rots (Oslo University, Norway) Case Study: Grassroots Environmental activities in Rissho Koseikai , Aura di Febo (University of Leeds , UK) 9. Food Offerings, Allan G. Grapard ( Emeritus, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) 10. Folk Performing arts, Suzuki Masataka ( Emeritus, Keio University, Tokyo) 11. Gender, Kawahashi Noriko (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan) 12. Globalization, Richard Payne (Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley, USA) Case study Diaspora Buddhism, Jørn Borup ( Aarhus University, Denmark) 13. Islam, Komura Akiko (Keio University, Tokyo) 14. Law, Mark Mullins (University of Auckland, New Zealand) 15. Materiality, Halle O’Neal (University of Edinburgh, UK) 16. Media and Technology, Kaitlyn Ugoretz (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) and Erica Baffelli (University of Manchester, UK) Case study World-Wide Shinto: The Globalization of ‘Japanese’ Religion Kaitlyn Ugoretz ( University of California, Santa Barbara, USA ) Case study Robots Kimura Takeshi (University of Tsukuba, Japan) 17. Medicine, Katja Triplett ( Leipzig University , Germany) 18. Minorities, T...
