2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Recreating feminist studies of religion in Japan
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17510219
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Gender
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| Research Institution | Nagoya Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
KAWAHASHI Noriko Nagoya Institute of Technology, 大学院・工学研究科, Associate Professor (10303687)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KUROKI Masako Kyotogakuen University, Human and Cultural studies, Professor (20319437)
KOMATSU Kayoko Tama University, Global Studies, Associate Professor (90211911)
KUMANOTO Einin Komazawa University, Buddhist Studies, Asscoiate Professor (20327745)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2007
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| Keywords | sociology / feminisms / feminist theology / religious studies / anthropology |
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| Research Abstract |
The consciousness toward gender issues has undergone considerable change in Japanese society during the past two decades, and this has naturally influenced scholarship as well. Religion has been a less than frequent topic for Japanese feminist and gender studies. For many feminists, religion is a tool of patriarchy that is used to oppress and exclude women. A similar resistance to gender concerns and feminism was felt more strongly in religion than in other fields, not only in Japan but in Europe and America. The study of religion has been one of those disciplines resistant to feminist thought. This tendency was even stronger in Japan, where, scholars of religion frequently took up women's religious life as a topic, but introducing concepts of feminism or gender was seen as insinuating a particular political design into research. This was viewed as an undesirable stance that lacked scholarly neutrality. In short, feminist studies have been viewed as existing in an awkward relationship with religious studies in Japan.
Feminism, however, does not only criticize religion. Feminist thought can influence women's religious practice itself, and transform it. The religious world in Japan has been informed by feminism in recent years, and movements to reform religious organizations are emerging. Our stance is consonant with the stance of those feminist scholars of religion who are of non-Western ethnic and racial backgrounds and who have been claiming a presence in the religious communities of Europe and America in recent years. Thus, our research has attempted to redress the in-built male-centered structure and gender blindness prevalent in the studies of religion in Japanese academy
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Research Products
(34 results)
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[Journal Article] Jenda, de, manabu, shukyogaku2007
Author(s)
Noriko, Kawahashi, Masako, Kuroki, Kayoko, Komatsu, Einin, Kumamoto
Pages
272
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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