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Views on the Afterlife and Salvation as Reflected in Pure Land Buddhist and Christian Dialogue during the Early Modern and Modern Periods in Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K02084
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field History of thought
Research InstitutionNagoya City University

Principal Investigator

Baskind James  名古屋市立大学, 大学院人間文化研究科, 准教授 (50455226)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Keywords浄土教 / キリスト教 / 後生観 / 救済観 / 江戸時代 / 明治時代 / 江戸思想史 / 妙貞問答 / 日本のカテキズモ / 仏教 / 近世宗教史 / 浄土 / 日本宗教 / 禅宗
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research examines the discourse formation and the conceptual history of central ideas such as the soul, salvation, the afterlife, and ethics in Pure Land Buddhist and Christian exchange from the early modern to modern period in Japan. The published results of this research reflect and expand upon these themes. For example, _The Myotei Dialogues: A Japanese Christian Critique of Native Traditions_ looks at the Buddhist-Christian exchange on the macro level, treating the themes enumerated above. The other published during the period of research (see list of publications below) take up each theme and treats them in greater detail.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2018 2017 2016 2015

All Journal Article (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 5 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] “The Pure Land Is No Heaven: Habian's Myotei Dialogues, Valignano's Japanese Catechism, and Discourse on the Afterlife during Japan's Christian Century”2018

    • Author(s)
      James Baskind
    • Journal Title

      History of Religions

      Volume: 57:3 Pages: 229-269

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] キリスト教から見た日本の宗教・日本から見たキリスト教2018

    • Author(s)
      ジェームズ・バスキンド
    • Journal Title

      『シリーズ・日本宗教史』第2巻『世界のなかの日本宗教』

      Volume: 2

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] “The Pure Land Is No Heaven: Habian's Myotei Dialogues, Valignano's Japanese Catechism, and Discourse on the Afterlife during Japan's Christian Century” History of Religions2017

    • Author(s)
      James Baskind
    • Journal Title

      History of Religions

      Volume: 未定

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 海を渡った日本の姫君の行方―黄檗僧独湛性瑩の『当麻寺化仏織造藕糸西方聖境図説』と中国における当麻曼荼羅・中将姫伝説の一考察2016

    • Author(s)
      ジェームズ・バスキンド
    • Journal Title

      日本仏教綜合研究

      Volume: 14号 Pages: 153-175

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] "The Myotei Dialogues in Early Edo Thought"2015

    • Author(s)
      James Baskind and Richard Bowring (共著)
    • Journal Title

      The Myotei Dialogues: A Japanese Christian Critique of Native Traditions (書籍の章)

      Volume: 1 Pages: 3-15

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] "Emptiness and Nothingness in Habian's Critique of Buddhism"2015

    • Author(s)
      James Baskind
    • Journal Title

      The Myotei Dialogues: A Japanese Christian Critique of Native Traditions (書籍の章)

      Volume: 1 Pages: 16-30

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] The Myotei Dialogues: A Japanese Christian Critique o Native Traditions2015

    • Author(s)
      James Baskind and Richard Bowring
    • Total Pages
      214
    • Publisher
      Brill
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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