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American Occultism and Japanese Buddhism: Albert J. Edmunds, D. T. Suzuki, and Translocative History. |
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Tweed, Thomas A.
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| Source |
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
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| Volume | v.32 n.2 |
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| Date | 2005 |
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| Pages | 249 - 281 |
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| Publisher | Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture=南山宗教文化研究所 |
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http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/en/
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| Location | 名古屋, 日本 [Nagoya, Japan] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Thomas A. Tweed is Zachary Smith Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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| Keyword | D. T. Suzuki; Albert J. Edmunds; occultism; Swedenborgianism; United States; Meiji and Taishō Japan; transnationalism |
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| Abstract | Transnational exchanges shaped religious life in Meiji (1868–1912) and
Taishō (1912–1926) Japan and Gilded Age (1865–1900) and Progressive Era
(1900–1917) America. This essay analyzes one case of cultural exchange in this
period. It focuses on Albert J. Edmunds, a British-American Buddhist sympathizer,
and it considers the ways that Western occult traditions, especially
Swedenborgianism, moved back and forth across the Pacific and shaped the
work of D. T. Suzuki. The article offers three conclusions. First, for his influence
on Suzuki and others in Japan—he sparked Suzuki’s personal interest
in Swedenborgianism, for example—Edmunds deserves to be recognized in
scholarly narratives. Second, it is important to note the influence of Western
occult traditions on Suzuki’s work, especially between 1903 and 1924. Third,
the essay considers the implications of this case study for writing translocative
histories, and it suggests that historians reconsider the periodization and spatialization
of their narratives as they also reaffirm the importance of scholarly
collaboration. |
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| ISSN | 03041042 (P) |
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| Hits | 2032 |
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| Created date | 2006.04.28 |
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| Modified date | 2017.08.29 |
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