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

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02084
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of thought
• Research Institution: Nagoya 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
• Keywords: 浄土教 / キリスト教 / 後生観 / 救済観 / 江戸時代 / 明治時代

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.

Free Research Field

宗教学