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Title |
Title of document |
18. Unintentionally Constructing ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’ Religions in Teaching Classical European Social Theories at a Japanese University - Hijacked |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Mitsutoshi Horii; United Kingdom |
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Subject |
Discipline(s) |
Religious Studies |
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Subject |
Keyword(s) |
fundamentalism; sociology and religion; politics and religion; objectivity; insider/outsider problem; rhetoric; religion in the media; interpretation of Islam; public discourse on religion; value judgements |
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Subject |
Subject classification |
sociology of religion; politics of religion |
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Description |
Abstract |
This essay on teaching in the context of a Japanese university demonstrates that colloquial definitions of religion that are common in Japan make it very difficult for Japanese students to avoid categorizing religions as “good” and “bad,” particularly when they are learning about classical sociological theories of religion. The author argues that because such theories make Western presumptions about religion’s nature that are quite different from traditional Japanese conceptualizations of the concept, the use of the term “religion” is virtually meaningless in this setting. |
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Publisher |
Organizing agency, location |
Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Date |
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15-Aug-2020 |
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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Format |
File format |
PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/35435 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.35435 |
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Source |
Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; Hijacked |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Rights |
Copyright and permissions |
Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |