The Reconception of Religion in Early Modern Europe and the Japanese Christian Mission
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19F19301
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 外国 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 01030:Religious studies-related
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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| Host Researcher |
KLAUTAU Orion (2019, 2021) 東北大学, 国際文化研究科, 准教授 (10634967)
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| Foreign Research Fellow |
CABRAL BERNABE RENATA 東北大学, 国際文化研究科, 外国人特別研究員
CABRAL RENATA 東北大学, 国際文化研究科, GSICSフェロー (50940269)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-11-08 – 2022-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
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| Keywords | Jesuits / Religion / Christian mission / Japan / Reason / Globalization / 近世日本 / イエズス会 / Christianity / religion / Christian Mission / Secularism / Early Modern Japan / Global History / concept of religion / Society of Jesus / Catholic Church / グローバルヒストリー / 宗教概念 / カトリック教会 |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
In light of new studies on the term religion and its reconceptualization in modern Europe, Latin America, and East Asia, our research will clarify the following points: 1) how the experience of the Japanese Christian mission and its debates of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries impacted the reformulation of the idea of religio in Europe; 2) the distinctive features of the Japanese mission in this reformulation process; and 3) how the Jesuit tradition influenced contemporary Buddhist ideas and the type of adaptation observed in kirishitan practices throughout the Edo Period.
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
In the first half of the sixteenth century, people from the Iberian nations accomplished the first circumnavigation of the world and permanently linked the continents of Asia, Africa, Europe, and America. Many historians argue that these events marked the beginning of modern globalization. During the fiscal year of 2021, I investigated how this early modern globalization forced European thinkers -- more specifically Latin Christians -- to reframe a number of their own concepts so that they could make sense of this "new" world. That is, the Catholic missionaries endeavored to organize this data in a way that would avoid disruption of the traditional Christian worldview. In my research, I focused particularly on the role of Japan in this process. The Japanese Christian mission was seen by the Jesuits, who held the monopoly of this mission for over four decades, as one of their most promising ones. Nevertheless, it still ended up in failure due to the prohibition of Christianity and the harsh persecution promoted by the Tokugawa government. The rationale for labeling Japan a promising land for Christians underpins the new understanding of religion developed under early modern globalization. My conclusions on this topic were presented at the public lecture "Religion in a Global Context: Early Modern Globalization and the Catholic Missions," given at the Graduate School of International Cultural Studies in December 2021, and further elaborated in an article currently under submission to a global history related academic journal.
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| Research Progress Status |
令和3年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
令和3年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。
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