| Project/Area Number |
15320014
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Religious studies
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| Research Institution | KYUSHU UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
SEKI Kazutoshi KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, Human-Environmental Studies Institute, Professor, 大学院・人間環境学研究院, 教授 (50179321)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TAKEZAWA Shoichiro National Museum of ethnology, Research Institute, Professor, 博物館民族学研究部, 教授 (10183063)
SEKINE Yasumasa Japan Women's University, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Social Sciences, Professor, 人間社会学部, 教授 (40108197)
HAYASHI Makoto Aichi Gakuin University, Faculty of Literature, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (90156456)
SAKAI Shinzo Nanzan University, Faculty of Literature, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (00140012)
OHTOSHI Tetsuya KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, Faculty of Humanities, Associate professor, 大学院・人文化学研究院, 助教授 (10261687)
山中 弘 筑波大学, 哲学思想学系, 教授 (40201842)
月本 昭男 立教大学, 文学部, 教授 (10147928)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2005
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2005)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥6,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥2,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
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| Keywords | Mission / Conversion / Christianity / Colonialism / Modernity / Typology of religions / Dialogue between religions / Crisis of representations |
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| Research Abstract |
This research on "propagation" and "conversion" was a tentative project to turn the crisis of representation into an academic chance, in order to re-examine the logic of spontaneous extension of each religious tradition and to study the historical situations as a result. The main purposes were as follows:1) to re-construct a more suitable conception of "religion" on the basis of a new typology (orthodoxy & orthopraxy) instead of an old ethno-centric one (monotheism & polytheism), 2) to re-cover a wider range of research topics for religions study, with the dynamism of modernity contextualized on politico-econo-cultural factors such as nationalism, colonialism and orientalism.
It was through the re-examination of various historical cases that our research meetings held four times as the last project year gave birth to the following ideas:
On propagation and conversion
a)various patterns of missionary process concerning the native customs and languages,
b)world-historical constellation of non-missionary type religions,
c)various patterns of conversions to modernities.
On typology of relirions
a)Christianity as an ideal type of religion (equivalence of practice & belief)
b)limits of comparative method for Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism and Shintoism (orthodoxy & orthopraxy)
c)Japanese model for religion and so-called animism
These ideas will provide us with valuable leads to solve the outsider/insider problem based on the insoluble border image of each religion
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