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Landscape as Doctrinal Representation: The Sacred Place of Shūyōdan Hōseikai. |
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Matsuoka, Hideaki (著)=松岡秀明 (au.)
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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 | 319 - 339 |
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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 | Matsuoka Hideaki is an anthropologist and a professor currently teaching in the International
Studies Department, Shukutoku University. |
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| Keyword | landscape; sacred place; Mt. Fuji; Japanese new religion; self-cultivation |
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| Abstract | The sacred place is significant since it reflects important doctrinal features
of the religion. Some Japanese new religions have built huge sacred
places that feature natural settings that support their emphasis on nature.
Shūyōdan Hōseikai (Association for Self-cultivation and Sincerity), a religion
founded in 1941 in Tokyo, has constructed such a sacred place. Kamisato
or God’s Home, occupies twenty-five acres on the Izu Peninsula in
Shizuoka Prefecture and commands a view of Suruga Bay and Mt. Fuji.
An examination of Kamisato, which can be considered a tapestry of both
traditional and innovative elements in Japanese religiosity in terms of
spatial structure, reveals two aspects of Shūyōdan Hōseikai: One, as a selfcultivation
group that encourages its members to reflect themselves by confronting
the sea and mountain and; two, as a religion that regards its founder
as a transcendental being. |
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| ISSN | 03041042 (P) |
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| Hits | 1561 |
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| Created date | 2006.04.28 |
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| Modified date | 2017.08.29 |
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