Fraternization between Gods and devotees: anthropological study about visiting the ancestral temple and brothers temples

• Project/Area Number: 16K03221
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Cultural anthropology
• Research Institution: Shiga University
• Principal Investigator: Fukuura Atsuko 滋賀大学, 経済学部, 教授 (90283548)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: シンガポール / 進香 / 寺廟 / トランス・ナショナリズム / 宗教 / トランス・エスニック / 慈善 / 祖廟 / 訪問 / 兄弟寺廟 / 福建省 / トランスナショナリズム / トランスナショナル / 道教系寺廟 / 台湾 / 中国 / 游境 / マレーシア / 宗教職能者

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study elucidates diverse aspects of Daoist worshippers’ trans-national activities through examples of religious practices in a Singaporean temple. As this temple has maintained close ties with brother temples abroad, a kind of cooperative relationship has been created. Furthermore, these worshippers have often made visit to their ancestral temple in Fujian province for paying respect to Daoist gods, so that interdependent relationships have been made between them and their counterparts. In addition to these trans-national activities, they have practiced charities for every ethnicity in their temple, which suggests how to solve social disparities from the viewpoint of religious institution.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

シンガポールにおける道教系寺廟の宗教活動として研究に着手したが、マレーシアや台湾、中国との間に神や人びと、モノが行き交うことや、霊媒や諸宗教活動の社会のなかでの位置付けについて検討することができ、社会毎の視点を得ることができた。また国際学会や国際ワークショップにおいて発表したことで、関連するテーマや他の地域の専門家と意見交換することができ、新たな知見を得ることができた。道教系寺廟の宗教実践の多くには憑依信仰や呪術的な側面があり、その先行研究も多くみられるが、本研究によって宗教と社会とのより現実的な様相に関して検討し、宗教のもっている社会での位置づけや意義について問うた。

Research Products

• [Presentation] 複数性と統一性のなかの宗教：シンガポールの寺廟におけるモラル・エコノミーのゆくえ (2020)
  • Author(s): 福浦厚子
  • Organizer: 日本文化人類学会第54回研究大会
• [Presentation] ‘Growing Mutual Aid: Transnational and Transethnic Worship about Singapore Daoism Temple’. (2019)
  • Author(s): Fukuura, Atsuko.
  • Organizer: “Chinese Temples in Southeast Asia”. International Workshop, Organized by Asian Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] ‘Doing a Good Deed: Devotees’ Activities in a Daoism Temple in Singapore’. (2019)
  • Author(s): Fukuura, Atsuko.
  • Organizer: Association for Asian Studies and Thammasat University.
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] ‘Growing Mutual Aid: Transnational and Transethnic Worship about Singapore Daoism Temple’. (2019)
  • Author(s): Fukuura, Atsuko
  • Organizer: workshop,“Chinese Temples in Southeast Asia”. Organized by Asian Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] 「シンガポール道教系寺廟の今日的展開――祖廟・兄弟廟との関係」 (2018)
  • Author(s): 福浦厚子
  • Organizer: 日本文化人類学会
• [Book] 都市の寺廟 (2018)
  • Author(s): 福浦厚子
  • Total Pages: 312
  • Publisher: 春風社
  • ISBN: 4861105994
• [Book] 華僑華人の事典 (2017)
  • Author(s): 華僑華人の事典編集委員会
  • Total Pages: 600
  • Publisher: 丸善出版
• [Book] 世界の暦文化事典 (2017)
  • Author(s): 中牧弘允
  • Total Pages: 432
  • Publisher: 丸善出版
• [Remarks] the AAS-in-Asia 2019 Annual Conference.
  • URL: https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/441b72_778d88fcd1954d5e9314ca913a93f9eb.pdf
• [Remarks] “Chinese Temples in Southeast Asia”. ARI, NUS.
  • URL: https://ari.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Program_Chinese-Temples.pdf