1996 2015-08-26 10.17192/mjr.1996.1.3779 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0004-1996-132-37799 keine Angabe Shinto, primal religion and international identity National identity and religious diversity in Japan Questions of social and political identity in Japan have almost always been accompanied by perceptions and decisions about religion. This is true with respect both to internal political issues and to the relations between Japan and the wider world. Most commonly these questions have been linked to the changing roles and fortunes of Shinto, the leading indigenous religion of Japan. Central though Shinto is however, it is important to realize that the overall religious situation is more complex and has been so for many centuries. This paper examines some of these complexities. It argues that recent decades in particular have seen the clear emergence of a more general "primal religion" in Japan, leaving Shinto in the position of being one specific religion among others. On the basis of this analysis some of the options for the Shinto religion in an age of internationalization are considered.

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2015-08-26 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0004-1996-132-37799 National identity and religious diversity in Japan Questions of social and political identity in Japan have almost always been accompanied by perceptions and decisions about religion. This is true with respect both to internal political issues and to the relations between Japan and the wider world. Most commonly these questions have been linked to the changing roles and fortunes of Shinto, the leading indigenous religion of Japan. Central though Shinto is however, it is important to realize that the overall religious situation is more complex and has been so for many centuries. This paper examines some of these complexities. It argues that recent decades in particular have seen the clear emergence of a more general "primal religion" in Japan, leaving Shinto in the position of being one specific religion among others. On the basis of this analysis some of the options for the Shinto religion in an age of internationalization are considered. Universitätsbibliothek Marburg Publikationsserver der Universitätsbibliothek Marburg https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0004/1996/132/3779/3779.png 1996 https://doi.org/10.17192/mjr.1996.1.1 1 1 1996 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0004/1996/132/cover.png PeriodicalPart 1996-04-24 Vol 1 No 1 (1996) urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0004-1996-1326 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0004/cover.png Institute for Comparative Cultural Research - Study of Religions and Anthropology Religion Philosophy and theory of religion 1996 1418722-x Periodical urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-00048 Marburg Journal of Religion 1612-2941 Fachbereich Gesellschaftswissenschaften und Philosophie Deutschhausstraße 9, 35037 Marburg Marburg Philipps-Universität Marburg https://doi.org/10.17192/mjr.1996.1.3779 2015-08-26 2015-08-26 application/pdf Shinto, primal religion and international identity article Michael Pye Pye, Michael English

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