Modern Japan and the Science of Religions

Author: Pye M.

Source: Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, Volume 15, Number 1, 2003 , pp. 1-27(27)

Publisher: BRILL

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Abstract:

The history of the study of religions in Japan is presented in this article as an important counter-example to a commonly held assumption, namely that the academic study of religion is a Western cultural project which has only been adopted derivatively in non-Western contexts.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1163/15700680360549394

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