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Religion, State, and Political Culture in Japan
Implications for the Post-Secular World
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2023
Summary
Japan had developed a secular civilization long before going through its modern period, characterized by the officially-sanctioned unification of nationalism and state-worship that reached its apotheosis during World War II, followed by the economic growth-oriented post-war period. While the relationship between religion and state has varied significantly over time, what has been consistently observed throughout Japan’s history is the absence of religions that are socially influential but independent from the state, or the absence of a dualistic relationship between religion and state. The kind of political ethos that should underpin democratic principles such as the rule of law and human rights has remained underdeveloped.
This book examines the concept of “reconstructive postmodernism,” a perspective that has emerged from a normative approach to international relations that emphasizes the need to democratize and humanize the secularistic civilizations based on the reconstruction of spirituality and religiosity. Using this concept, this book offers a number of implications of its findings to the case of Japan and for global governance in the post-secular age more broadly.
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Copyright year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-78660-594-8
ISBN-Online
978-1-78660-595-5
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
160
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Contents No access
Preface and Acknowledgments No access
Note for Readers No access
Introduction No access
Chapter 1 The Enduring Tensions Between Organized Religions and the State No access Pages 1 - 24
Chapter 2 Religion’s Place in Domestic and Foreign Policy No access Pages 25 - 46
Chapter 3 Transcendence and the State No access Pages 47 - 64
Chapter 4 Modern Japan’s Political Culture No access Pages 65 - 88
Chapter 5 Occupation, Political Reforms, and Religion No access Pages 89 - 110
Chapter 6 Religious Decline in Postwar Japan and the Cost of Contemporary Japan’s Religious Culture No access Pages 111 - 128
