How do you view this?” His answer: “As any other blustery talk. Buddhism has died in Japan; the Japanese have outgrown this religion without a Personal God; in vain do they interpret that it is still ...

But as a religion that had become closely linked to the privileged elite, Buddhism in Japan at this stage had no concept of providing salvation to the masses. Compared to Christianity in the same ...

Today’s Japanese Buddhism is vastly different from what the religion once was. A series exploring the history of Buddhism from its beginnings to its present state in Japan.

Some of the leaders of religious thought in Japan are endeavoring to choose between Buddhism, Shintoism, and Christianity as the future religion of the empire. Others would amalgamate the best ...

Large shares in many middle-income countries say following the historically predominant religion is key to "true" national belonging.

Shinto, the indigenous religion, remained central to Japanese culture even after Buddhism arrived in the 6th century. The interaction between these two religions has significantly influenced Japanese ...

Your Artstor image groups were copied to Workspace. The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Demographic Research Vol. 32, JANUARY - JUNE 2015 Is Buddhism the low fertility religion o ...

during a ceremony to send back a Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva to the Japanese temple. In 2023, South Korea's Supreme Court ordered Buseok Temple in Seosan, 98 kilometers ...

studied to be a Buddhist priest, and conducted research on contemporary Japanese religions. Covell has drawn on his experience and contacts in Japan to put together a unique behind-the-scenes tour of ...

11, edited by Oren Hanner. Hamburg: Numata Center for Buddhist Studies, 2020. “Creative Nothingness: Dada as Art, Politics and Religion in Interwar Japan.” Anarchism, a special issue of ...