Yasukuni Fundamentalism
Japanese Religions and the Politics of Restoration
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- Paperback
270 pages
- Release Date
28 February 2022
Summary
Although religious fundamentalism is often thought to be confined to monotheistic “religions of the book,” this study examines the emergence of a fundamentalism rooted in the Shinto tradition and considers its role in shaping postwar Japanese nationalism and politics. Over the past half-century, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the National Association of Shrines (NAS) have been engaged in collaborative efforts to “recover” or “restore” what was destroyed by the process of imperialist s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780824890155 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0824890159 |
| Author: | Mark R. Mullins, Matthew McMullen |
| Publisher: | University of Hawai'i Press |
| Imprint: | University of Hawai'i Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 270 |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2022 |
| Weight: | 447g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 151mm x 18mm |
| Series: | Nanzan Library of Asian Religion and Culture |
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Critics Review
Mark Mullins’s study, Yasukuni Fundamentalism, goes well beyond the issue of Yasukuni to explore religious nationalism in Japan in all its forms. Set in the context of a sophisticated view of the nature of secularization in Japan, as essentially an elite, top-down project, he examines the Association of Shinto Shrines and its close ally the Japan Conference. Association leadership, he writes, acts out of a sense of having been unfairly deprived by the Occupation of Shinto’s public status and a determination to restore lost privileges. He shows that in fact, however, support for nationalist campaigns such as constitutional revision is weak among Shinto shrine priests and parishioners. This book is a major contribution to the study of religion and nationalism.–Helen Hardacre, Harvard University
About The Author
Mark R. Mullins
Mark R. Mullins is professor of Japanese studies and director of the Japan Studies Centre at the University of Auckland.
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