2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Sociological Study of Dissemination by Japanese New Religions outside Japan in Countries with Different Cultures
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24530666
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Sociology
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| Research Institution | Meiji Gakuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 新宗教 / 日系新宗教 / 異文化布教 / 海外布教 / 立正佼成会 / 在家仏教 / 現地化 / 信仰受容 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
What brings Japanese new religions success or failure when they disseminate their teachings in foreign countries with cultures different from Japan's? To find out, I have done research on several Japanese new religions, especially Rissho Kosei-kai, in Brazil, the United States (Hawaii), South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Bangladesh, and India. I studied their historical development, the status of their activities, their adaptation of other countries' cultural elements to their religious activities, their preservation of core values, their members' acceptance of the faith and teachings, and so on. After I conducted interviews and collected accounts of activities, I made a comparative study of Japanese new religions on the foreign soils of different cultures.
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| Free Research Field |
宗教社会学
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