Religious Discourse in Modern Japan ― Religion, State, and Shinto

Religious Discourse in Modern Japan explores the transportation of the Western concept of “religion” in in the modern era; the emergence of discourse on Shinto, philosophy, and Buddhism; and the evolution of the academic discipline of religious studies in Japan.

Jun’ichi Isomae, Ph.D. (2010), The University of Tokyo, is Associate Professor at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto. He studies the discourse and practice of religion and history in Japan. He has published many monographs and articles focusing on postcolonial criticism and postsecularism, including Japanese Mythology: Hermeneutics on Scripture (Equinox/International Research Center for Japanese Studies, 2010), and Iki no shiko: Tasha, gaibusei, kokyo (Thoughts of Threshold: Others, Exteriority, and Homes) (Hosei University Press, 2014).