IAHR 2005 Tokyo
Academic Programme
Explanatory Remarks
1. All academic presentations in IAHR 2005 Tokyo are organized into 2-hour sessions, each of which includes,generally speaking, four or five papers. Sessions fall into four categories:
ORGANIZED PANELS consist of four panelists (possibly three) and an optional respondent with a panel convener as the chair. Individual papers not associated with any pre-arranged session have been arranged into coherent group sessions.
SYMPOSIA are proposed by groups of scholars engaged in a particular project which will likely lead to publication.
ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS consist of a maximum of 10 participants around a table. These are meant for more detailed discussion among scholars on their respective research.
2. In the following list, sessions are arranged in chronological order. Each entry includes the Session Number, Panel Number, Type of Presentation, Name of the Convener, Names of Respondents and/or Chair , and Names and Paper Titles of Panelists (with ID Number).
3. The panels or symposia specially organized by the Congress Secretariat or other organizations are specified in the column Category of Session.
Session Number Index
Session Numbers represent the dates and hours of sessions.
Alphabetical symbols following the numbers represent the rooms for the sessions.
25 (fri), March | 01: 11:00-13:00 | 02: 14:00-16:00 | 03: 16:30-18:30 |
26 (sat), March | 04: 11:00-13:00 | 05: 14:00-16:00 | 06: 16:30-18:30 |
27 (sun), March | 07: 13:00-15:00 | 08: 15:15-17:15 | 09: 17:30-19:30 |
28 (mon), March | 10: 11:00-13:00 | 11: 14:00-16:00 | 12: 16:30-18:30 |
29 (tue), March | 13: 11:00-13:00 | 14: 14:00-16:00 | 15: 16:30-18:30 |
30 (wed), March | 16: 11:00-13:00 | 17: 14:00-16:00 |
Session Number 01: 25 (fri) 11:00-13:00
01A
The Study of Religion in Japan, (1)(0409)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese(* simultaneous interpretation)
Convener: Kanai, Shinji
Panelists:
Hanazono, Toshimaro: Research of Religion in Japan: Religious Studies/Phenomenology of Religion
Kimura, Kiyotaka: Recent One Hundred Years of Buddhist Studies in Japan
Nakamura, Kojiro: The Study of Islam in Japan
Tsuchiya, Hiroshi: The Study of Christianity within the Field of Religious Studies in Japan
01B
Chinese Christianity on the Mainland and in Diaspora Communities.(0182)
Roundtable session, English
Convener: Mullins, Mark
Panelists:
Chan, Kim-kwong: Missiological Implications of Chinese Christianity in a Globalize Context
Kupfer, Kristin: New Religious Movements in the People' s Republic of China after 1978
Melton, Gordon: Indigenous Chinese Christian Groups in the West
Nagy, Dorottya: Chinese Christian Community in Bucharest (Romania)
Yang, Fenggang: Chinese Christians and Churches in the United States
01C
THE UNDERLYING TERROR: Religious Studies Perspectives on the War on Terrorism(0034)
Symposium, English
Convener: Rennie, Bryan Stephenson Respondent(s): Juschka, Darlene; Ingersoll, Julie
Panelists:
Fetzer, Joel Steven: A Response to THE UNDERLYING TERROR: Public Attitudes toward the Accommodation of European Muslims' Religious Practices before and after September 11
McCutcheon, Russell T.: A Response to THE UNDERLYING TERROR:
Riswold, Caryn Donna: A Response to THE UNDERLYING TERROR:
Segal, Robert Alan: A Response to THE UNDERLYING TERROR:
01D
The Potential of Clinical Studies of Religion: The Dilemma of Happiness in This or the Other World(0060)
Symposium, English, Japanese(* simultaneous interpretation)
Convener: Oomura, Eisho
Panelists:
Akiba, Yutaka: “Kenyu-Ichinyo” – Happiness in This World and the Next According to the Concept of Salvation in the Teachings of Shinnyo-en
Iwagami, Kazunori: The Satisfaction of Desires and True Happiness: The Problem of Desire in Buddhism
Murata, Michiya: The Experience of Happiness and Misery Among Japan's Calvinists
Ooka, Yorimitsu: Happiness in the Other World and the Welfare State: Comparison of the Common Grave in Sweden and Japan
Yamajo, Hirotsugu: Faith and the Earthly Life: the Notion of Happiness in Pascal and Montaigne
01E
A Comparative Study of the Integration and Division between "Universalism" and "Localism" in Christian Mission History: The Cases of Ethiopia, India, China, Japan, and Paraguay(0031)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Kawamura, Shinzo
Panelists:
Hollerich, Jean-Claude: Problems with the Concept of History in the 17th and 18th Century Jesuit China Mission
Ishikawa, Hiroki: Literacy and the Jesuit Mission in Seventeenth-Century Northern Ethiopia
Kawamura, Shinzo: "Iconoclasm" in the Sixteenth-Century Japan Mission: The Logic Justifying Destruction of the Shinto Shrines and the Buddhist Temples
Takeda, Kazuhisa: Community Life in the Missions as Effected by Negotiations: Transactions between the Jesuits and Guarani at the Dawn of their Encounter
Veliath, Cyril: Muslim-Christian Dialogue at Akbar Court in the Mughal Empire
01F
History of Religions as Hermeneutics of Contact Situations: Colonialism, Imperialism, and Popular Religions, (1)(0166)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese
Convener: Araki, Michio
Panelists:
Araki, Michio: The Problem of Contact and Transculturation in the Formation of Modern Japan
Arnold, Philip P.: Iroquois Land Claims and Religious Freedom in the USA
Bauzon, Leslie: The Impact of Spanish Colonialism on Filipino Indigenous Religion
Carrasco, David: Mexican Apparitions in the Contact Zone: La Virgen de Guadalupe and the Altepetl/Hill of Sustenance
Chidester, David: A Colonial House of Dreams: Zulu Dreams, Divination, and Religion in Nineteenth-Century South Africa
Iwasaki, Takashi: Interpretation and Analogy: A Discourse on the Aztec Human-sacrifice
Kitagawa, Hitoshi: Cultural Contact and Hermeneutics:; Motoori Norinaga’s Criticism on the “Chinese Heart”
Long, Charles: Contact, Rituals, and Knowledge
Miyamoto, Youtaro: The Religion of Korean Residents in Japan: Analyzed from the Standpoint of Post-colonialism
Murakami, Tatsuo: Creation Myth in Contact Zones - Cases from the 18th Century Gold Coast
Nandy, Ashis: The Emergence of 'Proper' Religions in Decadent and Savage East: The Case of India
Reid, Jennifer: Sacred Language and Aboriginal Entitlement: Kluskap Myths and the Failure of 18th Century Treaties
Sasao, Michiyo: 'PassingGod,' San Simon: Ethnic Identity and Boundary Dynamics in 'Contact Zone' of Postcolonial Guatemala
Se, Yin: Modern Urban Civilization and Changing Mongolian Shamanism
Shim, Sun-Young: Four Meta-narratives of Tan’gun in the Far Eastern Colonial Contact Zone: Comparing Comparative Religions
Taira, Sunao: The Contact Situation and the Quest for a New Origin of Okinawa
Watanabe, Tamaki: M.K. Gandhi's Independent Movement in Contact Situations
01G
Rethinking Interreligious Dialogue: Challenges and Reorientations, (1) From Conflict to Dialogue?(0096)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Kim, Seung Chul Respondent(s): Kondo, Mitsuhiro
Panelists:
Dodina, Yevgeniya Yevgenievna: Interreligious Dialogue: the Ways of Conflict Resolution
Roda-Dafielmoto, Annabelle: Back to the Tunnel of History: A Crystallization of Unity
01H
New Traditions in Global Society(0116)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese
Convener: Miyanaga, Kuniko
Panelists:
Miyanaga, Kuniko: Paradigm Change and Pluralism in Global Society
Mori, Hazuki: The Trap of Fighting Fundamentalism – as Seen through the Case of the Jodo-shinsu Shinran-kai
Sato, Takehiro: Folk Practitioner of Okinawa in Modern System
Shimazoe, Kimiko: Reflexivity and Creation of Tradition in Folk Songs of the Amami Islands
Yano, Hidetake: The Reshaping of Tradition in Thai Theravada Buddhism
01I
The Violence of the Sacred: Studying Religion(s) without Transcendence(0110)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Harvey, Graham A. Respondent(s): Cox, James
Panelists:
Harvey, Graham A.: “Violence with Impunity”: Maori Religious Action without Transcendence
Lokensgard, Kenneth Hayes: Created Things in the Blackfoot Universe and the Interpretive Inadequacy of “Supernatural”
01J
Sanctity of Life in Various Religious Cultures(0103)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Machida, Soho
Panelists:
Becker, Carl B.: A Buddhist View of ES Technology
Ikeuchi, Satoshi: Views and Consensus of Islamic Scholars on human cloning
Kim, Heup Y.: Sanctity of Life from a Confucian-Christian Perspective
Machida, Soho: Thinking about ES Cells and Cloning Technologies
Murakami, Yoichiro: Cloning and Human Diginity
01K
Religion, Agency, and Order: Theoretical Issues and Historical Cases(0046)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Engler, Steven Joseph Chairperson: Engler, Steven Joseph
Respondent(s): Kashio, Naoki
Panelists:
Benavides, Gustavo: Agency, Magical and Mystical
Kippenberg, Hans G.: Max Weber on Human and Divine Agency
Sørensen, Jesper: Ritual and Cognitive Aspects of Agency
Engler, Steven Joseph: Ritual and Cognitive Aspects of Agency
01L
Pilgrimage & Sacred Places: Canons of Peace and Ecological Harmony(0010)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Singh, Rana P. B.
Panelists:
Cremo, Michael A.: The Mayapur Pilgrimage Place, West Bengal, India: A Mandala of Peace and Ecological Harmony
Jacobsen, Knut Axel: The Glorification of the Goddess as Samkhya Prakriti
Singh, Rana P. B.: Gaia and Ecological Awakening: Message of Hinduism for Global Peace
01M
The Lotus Sutra and Peace(0158)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Reeves, Gene Respondent(s): Swanson, Paul L.
Panelists:
Kanno, Hiroshi: Inclusivism and Religious Tolerance in the Lotus Sutra
Osawa, Chieko: Religion in the Fantasy Story of Kenji Miyazawa
Shinozaki, Tomonobu: Nikkyo Niwano's Understanding of Peace and the Lotus Sutra
01N
Conflict and Peace from a Christian Point of View(0516)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Yagi, Seiichi
Panelists:
Kurokawa, Tomobumi: Religious War and Religious Conflict
Yang, Huilin: The Publics of Theology and the Humanist’s Theological Concern
Zhuo, Xinping: Religious Studies and Cultural Exchanges in the Context of Globalizaion
01O
Islam in a Globalizing World(0214)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Peter, Antes
Panelists:
Ozervarli, M. Sait: Religion and Modernization: The Question of Change and Continuity in Modern Ottoman-Islamic Thought
Larsson, Goran: Islamic Conflicts on the Art of Photography: Historical and Contemporary Examples
Mapril, Jose Fraga: Amar Sonar Bangla: Jama't-I-Islami and the Politization of the Past among Bangladeshi Migrants
Sander, Ake S.: Itjihad vs. Taqlid. The Process of Rethinking Islam in the Face of Modernity, Globalization and Migration, with Special Reference to Islam in Western Europe
01P
Underlying Religiosity in East Asia(0256)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Bocking, Brian
Panelists:
Aoki, Takeshi: When They Turn East, Zoroastrians in Far East (AD400-1992)(*co-author with Yan, Kejia)
Matsuno, Tomoaki: The Doctrine of Lindbeck and the Nature of Shinto
Oyama (Ugajin), Tokuko: Special Characteristics of The Japanese Kami Concept: Shinto’s Point of Contact with Christianity in Japanese History and Today’s Cosmic Theory
Tsushiro, Hirofumi: The Mobilization of Deep Culture (Shinso-Bunka) into Public Religions
01Q
Studies in Shinto History: 1) Re-evaluating Periodization, and 2) Arguments for Global and Multi-disciplinary Aproaches(0008)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese(* simultaneous interpretation)
Convener: Umeda, Yoshimi
Panelists:
Breen, John: Problems of Periodization in Shinto History: Modern and Contemporary Issues
Sonoda, Minoru: Toward a Multi-disciplinary Approach in the Study of Shinto History
Teeuwen, Mark: The Invention of Shinto in Late Medieval Japan
Faure, Bernard
01R
Rethinking Violence in Japanese New Religious Movements(0064)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Morishita, Saburo Respondent(s): Wessinger, Catherine
Panelists:
Dorman, Benjamin: Media “Ijime” and New Religious Movements: Violence or Virtue?
Kisala, Robert J.: Religion in Times of War
Morishita, Saburo: Some Aspects of "Violence" in Japanese New Religious Movements
01U
Chrisitian Communities in a Changing World(0215)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Loehr, Brigitte
Panelists:
Hvithamar, Annika: Between Nations. The Orthodox Church in Denmark
Janssen, Guy: Catholics without Priests : the Petite Eglise in France and the Hidden Christians in Japan. A Comparative Anthropological Approach.
Loehr, Brigitte: Changing Burial Rituals: Buddhist Elements in Christian Rituals.
01W
Religious Conversion(0205)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: van Bragt, Jan
Panelists:
Noguchi, Makoto: The Role of Election and Predestination in the Pauline Thought of Salvation in Romans 8:28-30
Takayama, Sadami: Conversion and Self-Identity in Paul and Shinran
Tokuda, Yukio: Comparative Study of Conversion and E-shin
Session Number 02: 25 (fri) 14:00-16:00
02A
The Study of Religion in Japan, (2)(0410)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese(* simultaneous interpretation)
Convener: Seki, Kazutoshi
Panelists:
Asoya, Masahiko: Scientific Study of Shinto and Theological Study of Shinto
Hase, Shoto: Japanese Study of Religion and Japanese Philosophy of Religion
Miyake, Hitoshi: Religious Studies Research on Religious Traditions in Japan – Research on Folk Religion
Nishiyama, Shigeru: A Hundred Years of Study of New Religions and the Sociology of Religion in Japan: Focusing on the Results and Issues of Empirical Research
02B
Toward the Rediscovery of Non-Sectarian Buddhism(0004)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Mohr, Michel Respondent(s): Ketelaar, James E.
Panelists:
Lobreglio, John S.: On the Fault Lines of Japanese Buddhism: Takada Dooken's Vision of a Non-sectarian Buddhism
Mohr, Michel: Murakami Sensho and His Theory about the Fundamental Unity of Buddhism: A Genuine Attempt to Go Beyond the Sectarian Horizon?
Okada, Masahiko: Buddha Dharma versus Buddhism: A Comparison between the “Vitalization Theory” of Inoue Enryo and the “Unification Theory” of Murakami Sensho
Ryan, Ward: The Politics of Unification: Murakami Sensho's Sectaria Critics
Shields, James Mark: The Construction of Harmony among Buddhist Sects in Late Meiji Japan: The “Critical Buddhism” of Murakami Sensho
02C
Religion and Violence: Conceptual and Comparative Approaches(0233)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Morris, Paul
Panelists:
Eslinger, Lyle: The Unholy Alliance of Religion and Violence: Aetiologies from Biblical Literature and Buddhist Psychology(*joint presentation with Kawamura, Leslie Sumio)
Kawamura, Leslie Sumio: The Unholy Alliance of Religion and Violence. Aetiologies from Biblical Literature and Buddhist Psychology(*joint presentation with Eslinger, Lyle)
Morris, Paul: The Acceptable Threshold of Violence: Religions for War, Religions for Peace
Peste, Jonathan: Terroristic Religions? Theoretical Perspectives on Radical Religious Movements Turning to Political Violence
02D
Possibilities of Religious Education in Secular Schools(0174)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese(* simultaneous interpretation)
Convener: Fujiwara, Satoko co-Convener:
Respondent(s): ter Haar, Gerrie
Panelists:
Fujiwara, Satoko: Religion and Higher Education in Japan: A Survey Report
Ehara, Takekazu: Religious Education as a Form of Values Education in the State-system : From a Comparative Perspective
Antes, Peter: Religion in the German School System
02E
Christianity at Crossroads: Seeking Asian Identities from a Theological Perspective, (1)(0092)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Morimoto, Anri
Panelists:
Farhadian, Charles: Emerging Theology on an Asian Frontier: Christianities, and the Future of Memories in Indonesia
Kim, Heup Y.: A Confucian-Christian Journey: Seeking a Korean Christian Identity
Matsuoka, Fumitaka: Diasporic Nature of Theology Done by Asian Theologians
Morimoto, Anri: Lex orandi and lex credendi of Asian Christianity: Asia as a Historical Concept
Vermander, Benoit: Blessed are the Peacemakers: The Seearch for an East Asian Reading
02F
History of Religions as Hermeneutics of Contact Situations: Colonialism, Imperialism, and Popular Religions, (2)(0412)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese
Convener: Araki, Michio
Panelists:
Araki, Michio: The Problem of Contact and Transculturation in the Formation of Modern Japan
Arnold, Philip P.: Iroquois Land Claims and Religious Freedom in the USA
Bauzon, Leslie: The Impact of Spanish Colonialism on Filipino Indigenous Religion
Carrasco, David: Mexican Apparitions in the Contact Zone: La Virgen de Guadalupe and the Altepetl/Hill of Sustenance
Chidester, David: A Colonial House of Dreams: Zulu Dreams, Divination, and Religion in Nineteenth-Century South Africa
Iwasaki, Takashi: Interpretation and Analogy: A Discourse on the Aztec Human-sacrifice
Kitagawa, Hitoshi: Cultural Contact and Hermeneutics:; Motoori Norinaga’s Criticism on the “Chinese Heart”
Long, Charles: Contact, Rituals, and Knowledge
Miyamoto, Youtaro: The Religion of Korean Residents in Japan: Analyzed from the Standpoint of Post-colonialism
Murakami, Tatsuo: Creation Myth in Contact Zones - Cases from the 18th Century Gold Coast
Nandy, Ashis: The Emergence of 'Proper' Religions in Decadent and Savage East: The Case of India
Reid, Jennifer: Sacred Language and Aboriginal Entitlement: Kluskap Myths and the Failure of 18th Century Treaties
Sasao, Michiyo: 'PassingGod,' San Simon: Ethnic Identity and Boundary Dynamics in 'Contact Zone' of Postcolonial Guatemala
Se, Yin: Modern Urban Civilization and Changing Mongolian Shamanism
Shim, Sun-Young: Four Meta-narratives of Tan’gun in the Far Eastern Colonial Contact Zone: Comparing Comparative Religions
Taira, Sunao: The Contact Situation and the Quest for a New Origin of Okinawa
Watanabe, Tamaki: M.K. Gandhi's Independent Movement in Contact Situations
02G
Rethinking Interreligious Dialogue: Challenges and Reorientations, (2) Reconsidering Christianity(0072)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Okuyama, Michiaki Respondent(s): Heisig, James W.
Panelists:
Cornille, Catherine Marie: Humility and Dialogue
Kim, Seung Chul: Religious Pluralism from an Asian Perspective
Tejada, Aurelio Alonso: Dialogue in a Stressed World
02H
The Religious Dimension in Japanese Popular Culture(0122)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Yamanaka, Hiroshi Respondent(s): Ito, Masayuki
Panelists:
Kashio, Naoki: Life and Death of the Youth in Contemporary Japan: a the Case of the Manga "Vagabond" and its Readers
Koike, Yasushi: Popularization and Japanization of American Gospel Music
MacWilliams, Mark: Manga in a Japanese New Religion - Remythologization, Globalization, and Comic Books in Kôfuku no Kagaku
Yamanaka, Hiroshi: Robots and Religiosity in Japanese Animation
Yumiyama, Tatsuya: Views of Death and Violence in Japanese Films: Especially in the Works of Takeshi Kitano
02I
Social Engagement of Religion in Modern Society(0012)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Inaba, Keishin Respondent(s): Habito, Ruben L. F.
Panelists:
Allahyari, Rebecca A.: Homeschooling Politics: Schooling Alone for the Social Good?
Gill, Robin: Altruism and Religious Belonging in the United Kingdom
Kemp, Daren John: New Age: Escapism or Activist New Socio-Religious Movement?
Yeung, Anne Birgitta: Social Engagement and Religion in Scandinavian Perspective
02J
Life and Religion: Bio-ethics Viewed from Oriental Perspectives(0055)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Tokunaga, Michio Respondent(s): Narayanan, Vasudha; Ochiai, Hitoshi
Panelists:
Arai, Toshikazu: The View of Life and Bio-Ethics in Pure Land Buddhism
Namai, Chisho: On Ethics of Life from the View Point of Buddhism
Sawai, Yoshitsugu: Constructing a New Bio-Ethics from the Perspective of Toshihiko Izutsu's “Oriental Philosophy”
Shiojiri, Kazuko: Life and Death in the al-Qur'an
02K
Reconsidering German Traditions in the Study of Religion(0115)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Kubota, Hiroshi Respondent(s): Fukasawa, Hidetaka; Junginger, Horst
Panelists:
Alles, Gregory D.: I Did Not Want to Write a War Book: Das Heilige in Context
Heinrich, Fritz: An Endeavour to Re-Establish the Study of Religions after 1945. Reflecting Notes on Gustav Mensching's 1948 Published Geschichte der Religionswissenschaft
Krech, Volkhard: Sailing the Shallows of Modernity: How the Humanities in Germany began to fathom the History of Religion
Kubota, Hiroshi: Interaction between Religious Studies and Religion: Religious Studies as Religious Liberalist Quest for the Self-Realization
02M
Characteristics of the Lotus Sutra with Regard to the Human Spirit(0053)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Kubo, Tsugunari
Panelists:
Ando, Kiyoshi: Religious Activity and Psychological Health: a Preliminary Survey
Ikenaga, Eisei: Perceptions of Nichiren Buddhists Overseas: A Preliminary Survey
Logan, Joseph: Attitudes toward Acceptance: Influence of Words and Rhythms in Lay Buddhist Practice
Sekido, Gyokai: About the Reason why the Religion of Nichiren Filtered into the Society
02N
Conflict and Peace in the Old Testament(0153)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Tsukimoto, Akio Chairperson: Sugimoto, Tomotoshi
Panelists:
Hentrich, Thomas: The Purity Laws as a Source for Conflict in the Old and New Testament
Levin, Christoph: Old Testament Religion: Conflict and Peace
Machinist, Peter: False Prophecy in Jeremiah
Tsukimoto, Akio: Peace in the Book of Hosea
Yamaga, Tetsuo: The Syro-Ephraimite War in the Book of Kings and the Book of Chronicles
02O
Sufism: A Perspective for Peace and Coexistence(0169)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Matsumoto, Akiro Respondent(s): Akahori, Masayuki; Takeshita, Masataka
Panelists:
Kamada, Shigeru: Imama and Mulla Sadra's Mystical Thought
Kosugi, Yasushi: Politics and Spirituality: Two Faces of the Islamic Revival
Ridgeon, Lloyd Vincent John: The Tradition of Javanmardi: A Sufi Basis for Conflict Resolution
02P
Humor and Religion in Japan(0091)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Gardner, Richard Respondent(s): Robouam, Thierry
Panelists:
Abe, Goh: Ritual Performance of Laughter Festivals in Japan
Davis, Scott: Head Splitting Laughter in East Asian Religion
Gardner, Richard: Humor and Religion: An Overview
Kikkawa, Shuhei: Laughter as a Symbol of Approval in Japanese Fertility Rites or Ta-asobi
02Q
The Personal and the Impersonal in the Absolute(0105)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Watanabe, Manabu
Panelists:
Hanaoka, Eiko: The Absolute Infinite Openness in Christianity and Buddhism
Takemura, Makio: On The Significance of the Figure of Buddha in Buddhism
Tanaka, Yutaka: God as the Locus of the World and the Ground of Human Freedom
Yagi, Seiichi: Impersonal God in the New Testament
02R
Cult and Ritual in the Maya Area(0121)
Symposium, English
Convener: Valverde, Maria Carmen
Panelists:
Humberto, Mario Ruz: Colonial Rituals
Najera, Martha Ilia: Monkeys’ Images in Contemporary Mayan Rituals
Okoshi, Tsubasa: Ritual as a Social Rule: A Comment on the Rabinal Achi
Valverde, Maria Carmen: Rituals in Mayan Rebellions During the XIX Century
02S
Buddhism in West/West in Buddhism(0094)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Isomae, Jun'ichi Respondent(s): Bocking, Brian
Panelists:
Amstutz, Galen: Modern Imagining of the “Uniqueness” of Japanese Buddhism in Japan and in the West
Deegalle, Mahinda: One or Many Buddhism/s?: Japanese Buddhism from a South Asian Perspective
Dolce, Lucia: Localizing Buddhism in the Japanese Cultic Context: A Ritual Approach
Hayashi, Makoto: The Study of Japanese Buddhism and Academism
02T
New Religious Movements, (1)(0277)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Wessinger, Catherine
Panelists:
Kranenborg, Reender: The Evil of Satanism
Penny, Benjamin: Qigong Masters and Animal Spirits: Ideas of Possession in Falun Gong
Prohl, Inken: Diversification of Religion - The Case of World Mate
Wessinger, Catherine: Assessing New Religious Movements for the Potential for Volatility
02U
Mormons and Japanese Culture(0276)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Mullins, Mark
Panelists:
Martins, Marcus H.: Mormons in Japan: Seeking Harmony Inside and Out
Takayama, Machiko: The Roots of Mormon Genealogies: An Application of E. Todd’s Model of European Family Types
Takemura, Kazuo: A Geographical Study on the Acceptance of the Mission of the Church
02W
Religion and the State(0206)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Halkias, Georgios
Panelists:
Halkias, Georgios: The Prophesy of Pan-Tibetan Consolidation: A Seventeenth-Century Church / State Fusion in Tibet
Hur, Nam-lin: Buddhism in the Service of the Divine Country in Early Modern Japan: War and Diplomacy
Kim, Young Ho: In Search of Viable Religious Paradigms for Peace and Unification of the Korean Peninsula
Session Number 03: 25 (fri) 16:00-18:30
03B
Religious Pluralism and International Peace by Faith Movements: The case of SEICHO-NO-IE(0159)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Taniguchi, Masanobu Chairperson: Yukishima, Tatsufumi; Taka, Yoshiharu
Panelists:
Kim, Jeong Hee: Religious Pluralism and International Peace by Faith Movements: SEICHO-NO-IE as a Case Study
Mallery, Bruce Gilbert: How I, Brought up in a Family of Protestant Ministers, Was Able to Accept a Religion Born in the Country Considered to Be the Enemy
Saita, Katia Metran: How Can a Religion Born in Japan Coexist in Brazil, a Catholic Country?
Taniguchi, Masanobu: The Way of Realizing Peace through Faith
03C
Women, Religion, and War(0011)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Sasaki, Naoko Chairperson: Arnold, Philip P.
Panelists:
Beard, John Marcus: Malevolent Destiny of the Captive Maid: Radegund Reflects on the Thuringian War
Low, Sorching: Yoko Ono, Star betwixt the Sun and the Moon
Sasaki, Naoko: Benevolent Power of the Private: Yosano Akiko and Japanese ‘Modernity’
Tu, Xiaofei: Two Faces of a Politicized Woman: From Comrade Jiang Qing to the 'White-boned Demon'
03D
Religious Education and Peace(0181)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese(* simultaneous interpretation)
Convener: Fujiwara, Satoko co-Convener:
Respondent(s): King, Ursula
Panelists:
Shisanya, Constance Ambasa: Quest for Peace Education: The Role of Religion in Peace-Building in Africa
Baidhawy, Zakiyuddin: Building Harmony and Peace Through Multiculturalist Theology Based Religious Education: An Alternative for Contemporary Indonesia
Kim, Chongsuh: Inter-religious Conflicts and Religious Education in Contemporary Korea
van Doorn-Harder, Nelly: Studying Religious Peacemaking in the Religions of Abraham
03E
Christianity at Crossroads: Seeking Asian Identities from a Theological Perspective, (2)(0411)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Morimoto, Anri
Panelists:
Farhadian, Charles: Emerging Theology on an Asian Frontier: Christianities, and the Future of Memories in Indonesia
Kim, Heup Y.: A Confucian-Christian Journey: Seeking a Korean Christian Identity
Matsuoka, Fumitaka: Diasporic Nature of Theology Done by Asian Theologians
Morimoto, Anri: Lex orandi and lex credendi of Asian Christianity: Asia as a Historical Concept
Vermander, Benoit: Blessed are the Peacemakers: The Seearch for an East Asian Reading
03G
Authority in Judaism in Conflict: From the Ancient to the Early Modern Period(0148)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Ichikawa, Hiroshi
Panelists:
Ichikawa, Hiroshi: The Authority of Rabbi and the Recognition of Controversy
Katsumata, Etsuko: Others' in Rabbinic Judaism
Levine, Hillel: Rabbinic Authority: A Socio-Temporal and Socio-Spatial Analysis of Conflict Avoidance in Jewish Civilization
Schmidt, Gilya Gerda: Medinat Schwaben or the Localization of Judaism in Southern Germany
03H
Exchange Between Islam and Oomoto, Shinto Community in Japan(0437)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese
Convener: Saito, Hiroshi Chairperson: Oda, Yoshiko
Panelists:
Akbik, Farouk: Basic Doctrines of Nakshbandi School
Kuftaro, Sheikh Salah Eddin: Religion between Conflict and Peace ―An Islamic View Point
Omer, Musa Mohamed Saeed: Islam in the Sudan
Saito, Hiroshi: Basic Doctrines of Oomoto
Tanaka, Masamichi: Dialogue between Islam and Oomoto - The History of Interfaith Activity of Oomoto and Jinrui Aizenkai, Universal Love and Brotherhood Association
03I
The Human Body Exposed: Contrasting Views on remains of the Dead(0009)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese
Convener: Carreon, Emilie Ana Respondent(s): Inoue, Yukitaka
Panelists:
Carreon, Emilie Ana: Contrary Views: Deployment of Body Parts
Sahara, Midori: The Portrait of a Dead Child: An Angel’s Funeral and the Image of Innocence
Segota, Durdica: Violence as a Daily Ethic and Aesthetic Expression amongst Ancient Mexican Cultures
Yanagisawa, Saeko: Body Fragments in Mesoamerican Ritual
03J
Religion and the Media(0524)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Jensen, Tim
Panelists:
Enomoto, Kaoru: A Term “Medium” in Religion – In the Case of Masaharu Taniguchi (the Founder of “Seicho-No-Ie”) and the Radio –
Jensen, Tim: Religion in Conflicts in the Danish Media
Rakow, Katja: "You will not find the Term <Criticism> in the Holy Scripture" - Virtual Discussion Groups as a Substitute for the Inability to Express Criticism within the Community
Tamaki, Nanako: An Analysis of News Coverage of Religious Issues in Japanese Television
03K
Religious and Secular Views: Clash of Civilization?(0217)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Dourley, John Patrick
Panelists:
Dourley, John Patrick: Carl Jung and S.P.Huntington and the Search for Commonalities Beneath the Clash of Civilzations.
Hawley, John C.: Religion and the Sinews of Identity in National Diasporas
Main, Roderick: Numirosity and Terror: Jung’s Psychological Revision of Otto as an Aid to Engaging Religious Fundamentalism
Puntarigvivat, Tavivat: The Clash of Civilizations: A Buddhist Perspective
03L
Religious Pluralism in the Diaspora(0063)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Kumar, Pratap
Panelists:
Baumann, Martin: New and Unfamiliar: Religious Pluralism in Scenic Lucerne (Switzerland)
Jacobsen, Knut A.: Hindu Processions and Religous Pluralism
Kotin, Igor Yurievich: Migration and Sanscritisation: Hindu Rituals and the Caste Status among Indians in Southall
Murphy, Anne: Pluralism in the U.S. after 9/11
Ruparell, Tinu: Hybrid Religious Identities and the Hermeneutics of Interreligious Dialogue
Stringer, Martin: The Local Management of Religious Diversity in a Multi-ethnic Inner-city Neighbourhood in Birmingham
03M
New Buddhist Movements as a Response to the Latter Days of the Law in China(0005)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Kanno, Hiroshi
Panelists:
Apple Arai, Shinobu: The System of Empowerment for Ordinary Individuals in Tiantai Zhiyi's Liumiao famen
Kanno, Hiroshi: Huisi’s Perspective on the Lotus Sutra as seen through the Meaning of the Course of Ease and Bliss in the Lotus Sutra
Nishimoto, Teruma: The Three Levels Movement's Response to the Latter Days of the Law
Tanaka, Kenneth: “The Latter Days of the Law” Ideology among Chinese Pure Land Buddhist Proponents
03N
Religion and Peace in the Ancient Near East(0154)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Tsukimoto, Akio Chairperson: Sugimoto, Tomotoshi
Panelists:
Frahm, Eckart: Revision, Commentary, and Counter-Text: Politically Motivated Interpretations of the Babylonian Epic of Creation
Koitabashi, Matahisa: Crisis and Well-Being of the Ancient City-State as Expressed in the Ritual Texts of Ugarit
Shibata, Daisuke: The Sumerian Shuilla-Prayers in Ancient Mesopotamia
Tsukimoto, Akio: Peace with the Dead: In the Case of Mesopotamia
Yamada, Masamichi: The Zukru Festival in the Society of Emar
03O
Sufi Studies(0272)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Takeshita, Masataka
Panelists:
Akhir, Noor Shakirah Mat: The Spiritual Dynamic Elements In al-Ghazali’s Theory of Soul
Arai, Kazuhiro: Innovation in Organization and Expression of Religious Emotion in a Sufi Order – with Special Reference to the Jazuliya Shadhiliya in Contemporary Egypt
Riahi, Abdelmalek: Sufi Dimensions of War and Peace: The Example of the Tijaniyya Order
03P
Religious Landscape in Japan(0045)
Symposium, English
Convener: Matsuoka, Hideaki Chairperson: Matsuoka, Hideaki
Respondent(s): Abe, Hajime
Panelists:
Asakawa, Yasuhiro: The Space and Scenery in Pilgrimage: In the Case of a Japanese Pilgrimage
Matsuoka, Hideaki: Self-Cultivation, Transcendental Being, and Nature: On the Sacred Place of Shuyodan Hoseikai
Nakagawa, Tadashi: Religious Landscape of Owase on the Kii Peninsula
Wakabayashi, Haruko: “Ask of Purple Clouds to the Purple Clouds”: Defining Sacred Space in Ippen Hijiri-e
03Q
Christian Theology and Religious Studies: A Critical Engagement(0071)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Fletcher, Paul Respondent(s): Tsuruoka, Yoshio
Panelists:
Abe, Nobuhiko: Theology Confronted by Religions: The Correlation between the Ideas of the Divine and Self
Fletcher, Paul: Commitment or Objectivity: Between Theology and the Study of Religion
Provost-Smith, Patrick: Interdisciplinarity and Capacious Humanism: Analogy and Theological Method in the History of Religions
03R
Gods and Supernatural Beings Among Mayan People(0123)
Symposium, English
Convener: De la Garza, Mercedes
Panelists:
Cuevas, Martha Garcia: The Gods at Palenque's Incense Burners
De la Garza, Mercedes: The Solar God In Maya Religion
Perez Suarez, Tomas: Olmec Dragon Images at the Mayan Area
Sotelo, Laura: Mayan Gods in the Codices
03S
Concepts of Tolerance and Condemnation: Buddhist Attitudes towards Competing Religions and Dissident Sects(0109)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Kleine, Christoph Respondent(s): Pye, Michael
Panelists:
Deeg, Max: Unreal Opponents: The Chinese Polemic against Hinayana Buddhism
Freiberger, Oliver: Blind Ascetics and True Brahmans: Interreligious Hermeneutics in Early Buddhism
Kleine, Christoph: Pluralism limited: the boundaries of tolerance in Japanese Buddhism
Schalk, Peter
03T
Renaissance Thinkers and Religion(0262)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Godwin, Joscelyn
Panelists:
Berner, Ulrich: The Galileo-Affair – a Conflict between Science and Religion?
Hiruma, Ryohei: Christian Humanism in Erasmus' Thought
Prins, Jacomien: Marsilio Ficino’s Belief in the Creation of a Harmonic Universe
Shimada, Katsumi: 'Religio' According to Nicolaus Cusanus: Apologetic Strategies in De pace fidei
03U
Political and Anthropological Studies of Contemporary Christian Mission Activities(0210)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Vazquez, Lourdes Celina
Panelists:
Fujiwara, Kuniko: The Development of Groups within/out of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Malta: On the Specialization and Reorganization of the Movement
Nakamura, Chihagi: Manipulation of Information: Image of an Indian Seer
03V
Theoretical Approaches to Conflict and Peace, (1)(0225)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Williams-Hogan, Jane
Panelists:
Heinamaki, Elisa: Inner Violence-Outer Violence: Mysticism, Sacrifice and Modernity in the Thinking of Georges Bataille
Reeh, Niels: On the Importance of Warfare, Inter-State Relations and State Form in the Study of Religion
Wettach, Tania: The Role of Religion in Ethnopolitical Conflict
Williams-Hogan, Jane: Religion, Conflict and Peace: The Swedenborgian Perspective
03W
Christianity in Japan and Japanese Christians abroad(0248)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Sonntag, Mira
Panelists:
Noguchi, Ikuya: Transnational Pentecostalism in East Asia: Korean Mission toward Japan
Omoto, Kumi: Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements in Contemporary Japan
Yoshida, Ryo: Awakening Transnational Consciousness-Educational Activities by the Gospel Society [Fukuinkai] (1877-1896)
Session Number 04: 26 (sat) 11:00-13:00
04A
Globalization and a 'Theology of Japan'(0415)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Fukai, Tomoaki
Panelists:
Ahearn, David: Globalization, American Religious Identity, and the 'Theology of Japan'
Fujiwara, Atsuyoshi: 'Theology of Japan' in the Age of Nationalism and Ethnocentricism
Fukai, Tomoaki: 'Theology of Japan' as Public Theology
Nag, Woon-Hae: Globalization and 'Theology of Japan' in an Asian Context
Ohki, Hideo: Globalization and a 'Theology of Japan'
04B
Various forms of Spirituality in the World, (1)(0168)
Symposium, English
Convener: Ito, Masayuki Chairperson: Haga, Manabu
Respondent(s): Becker, Carl B.
Panelists:
Kashio, Naoki: Spirituality Studies as Our Common Theme: a Case of Contemporary Japan
Kim, Chae Young: A Study on a Daily Korean Spirituality: Special Reference to the Contemporary Well-being Movements
Umeya, Kiyoshi: Spirits, Politics, and Terrorism: A Case of Northern Uganda in East Africa
04C
Cosmologies, Theologies and Anthropologies of War and Peace in Indigenous Religions(0087)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Geertz, Armin W. co-Convener:
Panelists:
Geertz, W. Armin: War, Violence, Feuding and Death in Hopi Indian Mythology
Grieves, Vicki: Indigenous Reactions to Colonial Conflict and Violence: Reflections on the Experience of the Worimi of the Seven Tribes, New South Wales 1820 - 1860
Permenter, Rachela: “Strong Orenda”: The Power of Iroquois and Cherokee Peacemaking
Takemura, Hatsumi: Discourses on Traditional Religion in the Indigenous Hawaiian People's Movement
Velie, Alan: “Black Elk Speaks, Sort of: The Production of an Indian Autobiography
Weaver, Jace: War and Peace in the Local Village (with Apologies to Marshall McLuhan)(* paper read by the convener)
04D
New Religion in Korea, Past and Present, (1) On Daesoon Thoughts View(0195)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese, Korean(* simultaneous interpretation)
Convener: Yun, Gi Bong
Panelists:
Baker, Donald: Daesoon Sasang: A Quintessential Korean Philosophy
Hong, Jun: On Modern Korean New Sects -With Daesoon's Thought as the Focus
Youn, Jea-Keun: Formation And Development of Daesoon-Thought
Yun, Gi Bong
Yun, Won Cheol
04E
Religious Conditions in Post-Socialist Countries and the Challenges of a Religiously Plural Society, (1) State Identity and Religion(0143)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Inoue, Madoka Respondent(s): Shterin, Marat
Panelists:
Zielinska, Katarzyna: The Alliance of Religion and Nationalism in Central Europe - Polish case
Inoue, Madoka: Control of Religions or Resacralization? : An Examination of the Case of Religious Education in Public Schools in Contemporary Russia
Karpenko, Anna M.: Religion in Public Life in Post-Soviet Russia: Discourse on the National Identity
04F
History of Religions as Hermeneutics of Contact Situations: Colonialism, Imperialism, and Popular Religions, (3)(0413)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese
Convener: Araki, Michio
Panelists:
Araki, Michio: The Problem of Contact and Transculturation in the Formation of Modern Japan
Arnold, Philip P.: Iroquois Land Claims and Religious Freedom in the USA
Bauzon, Leslie: The Impact of Spanish Colonialism on Filipino Indigenous Religion
Carrasco, David: Mexican Apparitions in the Contact Zone: La Virgen de Guadalupe and the Altepetl/Hill of Sustenance
Chidester, David: A Colonial House of Dreams: Zulu Dreams, Divination, and Religion in Nineteenth-Century South Africa
Iwasaki, Takashi: Interpretation and Analogy: A Discourse on the Aztec Human-sacrifice
Kitagawa, Hitoshi: Cultural Contact and Hermeneutics:; Motoori Norinaga’s Criticism on the “Chinese Heart”
Long, Charles: Contact, Rituals, and Knowledge
Miyamoto, Youtaro: The Religion of Korean Residents in Japan: Analyzed from the Standpoint of Post-colonialism
Murakami, Tatsuo: Creation Myth in Contact Zones - Cases from the 18th Century Gold Coast
Nandy, Ashis: The Emergence of 'Proper' Religions in Decadent and Savage East: The Case of India
Reid, Jennifer: Sacred Language and Aboriginal Entitlement: Kluskap Myths and the Failure of 18th Century Treaties
Sasao, Michiyo: 'PassingGod,' San Simon: Ethnic Identity and Boundary Dynamics in 'Contact Zone' of Postcolonial Guatemala
Se, Yin: Modern Urban Civilization and Changing Mongolian Shamanism
Shim, Sun-Young: Four Meta-narratives of Tan’gun in the Far Eastern Colonial Contact Zone: Comparing Comparative Religions
Taira, Sunao: The Contact Situation and the Quest for a New Origin of Okinawa
Watanabe, Tamaki: M.K. Gandhi's Independent Movement in Contact Situations
04G
Christianity and Gender Relations in Japan(0111)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Kohiyama, Rui Chairperson: Zikmund, Barbara
Panelists:
Ballhatchet, Helen Julia: Japan’s First Protestant Leaders and the Role of Women in Japanese Society
Ishii, Noriko: Constructing Christian Brotherhood: Makiko Hitotsuyanagi Vories and Her American Mentors
Kohiyama, Rui: Christianity and 'Love' & Marriage in Modern Japan
Yasutake, Rumi: Generating Women's Social Activism in Meiji Japan: American Protestant Churchwomen and Their Japanese Proteges
04H
Proselytization Revisited, (1)(0160)
Symposium, English
Convener: Hackett, Rosalind
Panelists:
Hackett, Rosalind: Opening Remarks
Mayer, Jean-François: Conflicts of Proselytism - An Overview and Comparative Assessment
Kao, Grace Yia-Hei: The Logic of Anti-proselytization Revisited
Beattie, Tina: Women on Top - The New Missionary Position?
Freston, Paul: The Browning of Christian Proselytization
04I
Religious Pluralism in Practice: Case Studies from South-East Asia(0156)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Pye, Michael
Panelists:
Franke, Edith: Religious Diversity in Indonesia: National Policies and Daily Realities
Husein, Fatimah: Muslim-Christian Relations in Indonesia: The Exclusivist Muslims' Perspectives
Triplett, Katja Sophie: Freedom of Religion in Vietnam: Persistent Policy and Vivid Reality?
Wasim, Alef Theria: Psychologocal Aspects of Religious Plurality at the Grassroots, with Special Reference
04J
The Past and Present of Mourning and the Dead in Japan, (1)(0038)
Symposium, English
Convener: Suzuki, Iwayumi
Panelists:
Kurihara, Hiromu: On the Funerals and Memorial Services in the Fujiwarano Yukinari Family
Makimura, Hisako: Community, Non-standardization, and Time Limits on Graves and Cemeteries in Modern Japan: An Analysis of a Questionnaire Survey and a Field Survey
Mori, Kenji: Changes in Consciousness Concerning Ancestor Worship and the Grave System in Contemporary Japan
Murakami, Kokyo: Individualization of Funeral Customs in Japan: An Analysis of Survey Findings
Tanigawa, Akio: The Transformation of the Burial System of Early Modern Urban Edo
Yamada, Shinya: From Folklore to the Globalism of Funeral Rituals:The Development of the New Services in the Funeral Industry and the Cultural Concept of Death
04K
Revisiting the Concept of Religion(0021)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Riesebrodt, Martin Respondent(s): Fujiwara, Satoko
Panelists:
Beyer, Peter: Shukyo, Zongjiao and Other Neologisms: Constructing Religion in the East Asian Region of Global Society
Kobori, Keiko Grace: 'Religio' -- the Notion of the Religion of the Romans?
Riesebrodt, Martin: Religion: Just Another Modern Western Construction?
04L
The Scriptural Hermeneutics in Hindu Religious Tradition(0141)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Sawai, Yoshitsugu Respondent(s): Kumar, Pratap
Panelists:
Narayanan, Vasudha: Performative Commentaries on Srivaishnava Texts: The “Vernacularization” of Brahmanical Culture
Sawai, Yoshitsugu: Texts and Their Creative Interpretations: Reflections on the Vedanta Philosophy as the Hermeneutics of Upanisads
Shima, Iwao: A Statistical Analysis of the Citations from Sruti and Smriti Literature in the Three Commentaries on the Bhagavadgita
Takashima, Jun: Karmasamya Theory in Shaivism
04M
Nirvana, Stupa Worship and Buddha-nature in the History of Indian Buddhism(0066)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Shimoda, Masahiro
Panelists:
Pagel, Ulrich: Stupas and Stupa Worship in Mahayana Sutra Literature: Ritual and Function
Tanemura, Ryugen: Stupa Worship in Indian Tantric Buddhism
Zimmermann, Michael: Eternal Buddhahood and Permeating Knowledge: The Origins of Buddha-Nature
04N
Theoretical Aspects of the Religious Toleration, (1)(0119)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Yamaki, Kazuhiko
Panelists:
Andre, Maria Andre: Tolérance, Dialogue Interculturel et Globalisation :l’Actualité de Nicolas de Cues
Euler, Walter Andreas: "De Pace Fidei" und die Ringparabel
Schwaetzer, Harald: Toleranz als Wahrheit im Spiegel. Zu "De filiatione Dei" und "De pace fidei"
Yamaki, Kazuhiko: A Theory of Toleration Based on An Analogy between Religion and Language
04O
Islam in Social Contexts(0212)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Laldin, Mohamad Akram
Panelists:
Laldin, Mohamad Akram: The Role and Influence of Custom in Muslim Society: Malaysia as a Case Study
Minesaki, Hiroko: Gender Norms and Islam: Focusing on Fatwa in Contemporary Egypt
Mubashshir Majeed, Debra: Keeping the Family Secure and At Peace:Polygyny in the World of African American Muslim
Wachowski, Markus: Societal Implications in Isma'ili Teaching
Sabjan, Muhammad Azizan: Muhammad 'Abd al-Karim al-Shahrastani's Conception of the People of a Dubious Book (Ahl Shubhat Kitab): A Study of His al-Milal wa al-Nihal
04P
Family, Church or School - Where Lies the Heir of Japanese Christianity?(0041)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Kawamata, Toshinori Chairperson: Hastings, Tom
Respondent(s): Kohara, Katsuhiro; Shibata, Chizuo
Panelists:
Kawamata, Toshinori: Succession of Faith in Pastor Wives
Machii, Fumiko: Passing Down the Household Religious Service:About the Family Altar and Grave among Japanese Christians
Matsushima, Kobo: Religiosity in Christian School Students
04Q
European Mysticism and Deconstruction of Boundaries(0042)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Nakai, Ayako
Panelists:
Kadowaki, Yukiko: The Concept of the “Virgin” in the Mysticism of Jane Lead
Nakai, Ayako: Nature Mysticism, Theosophy, and Philosophy of Nature
Shigeru, Makito: Heidegger’s Later Thought on Language and Negative Theology
Tajima, Teruhisa: Abegesheidenheit und Samadhi
04R
Constructions of Jewish Traditions: Textual and Ritual Analyses(0237)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Romer, Thomas Christian
Panelists:
Alvstad, Erik: The Reading of Texts as Protection against Ominous Dreams: An Apotropaic Ritual in the Rabbinic Culture of Late Antiquity
Ogimoto, Sachi: Kabbalistic Interpretation of Jewish Liturgy by R. Joseph ibn Zayyah
Romer, Thomas Christian: The Construction of the Figure of Moses According to Biblical and Extra-Biblical Sources
Schleicher, Marianne: Canonical, Sacred and Holy Aspects of Scripture: on the Function of the Psalms in Jewish Tradition
04S
Conflict and Communalism: Taiwanese Perspectives on Violence in World Religions(0187)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Tsai, Yen-zen Respondent(s): Watanabe, Manabu
Panelists:
Huang, Pochi: Religion and Violence: Reflections on Communal Conflict between the Muslims and the Hindus in India
Lin, Chen-kuo: Emptiness and Violence: A Dialogue between Nagarjuna and Derrida
Tsai, Yen-zen: Ritual Violence and Communal Sanity: The Case of Herem and Its Solution in Biblical Judaism
Tsai, Yuan-lin: Islam and the Reconstruction of Communalism in Contemporary Malaysia --Regarding Debates on the Shari'a Reform in 1990s
04T
Two Faces of Religious Renaissance in Post-Soviet Countries: Ukrainian Focus(0067)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Filipovych, Liudmyla
Panelists:
Borysenko, Olesia: The Conflict of Ethnic and Religious Identities: Ukraine and Japan
Filipovych, Liudmyla: Controversial Interaction of New Religions and Traditional Churches in Cotemporary Ukraine
Kapranov, Sergiy Vitaliyovich: Religions of the Oriental Tradition in Ukraine in Christian Environment
Kolodnyy, Anatoliy: The Ways of the Contemporary Religious Renaissance under Rising of Conflicts and Making Peace
04U
Modernity, Religiosity, and the Issues of Mind: Japanese Intellectuals on "Kokoro", (1)(0144)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Convener: Yoshinaga, Shin'ichi co-Convener:
Respondent(s): Kawamura, Kunimitsu
Panelists:
Ando, Yasunori: Doi Takeo and His Amae Theory : Psychotherapy, human values, and beliefs
Hyodo, Akiko: The Concept of Seishin in the Taishyo period ─ on conflict between Omotokyo and Hentai-shinri
Iwata, Fumiaki: Chikazumi Jokan and the “Ajase Complex”
Maekawa, Michiko: Jinkaku Shuyo (Cultivation of Personalrity) and Religious Thought in Modern Japanese Intellectuals: A The case of Genchi Kato
Yoshinaga, Shin'ichi: Intellectuals and the Practice of Seizaho
04V
Religion(s) and the Quest for Sustainable Peace: Gendered and Postcolonial Perspectives from the "Global South"(0435)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Hinga, Teresia M.
Panelists:
Hinga, M. Teresia: Concerned and Engaged: Women, Religion and the Quest for Just-Peace in Africa
Maina, Newton Kahumbi: Role of Religious Leaders in Ethnic Management and Resolution in Kenya: The Case of Rural Women Peace Link
Menon, Kalyani Devaki: Women and Hindu Nationalism
Miyamoto, Yuki: Sacred Pariahs: The Representation of Women in the Case of the Atomic Bombing
Pranger, Jan H.: Beyond Essentialism: Rethinking Religion in the Quest for Peace in Postcolonial Sri Lanka
04W
Religion and Contemporary Japanese Novelists
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Mase-Hasegawa, Emi Chairperson: Mase-Hasegawa, Emi
Respondent(s): McGrath, Paul Devereaux
Panelists:
McGrath, Paul Devereaux: Myth and Subjectivity in the Work of Tsushima Yuko
Mitsutani, Margaret: Myth and the Work of Tawada Yoko
Okamura, Mayumi: Spirituality of Kenzaburo Oe's Literary
Mase-Hasegawa, Emi: Endo’s Concept of God Reconsidered
Williams, Mark Bentley: Endo Shusaku and the Force of Paradox
Hideyuki, Kasuga: Jung and Yuishiki Buddhism in the Later Thought of Shusaku Endo
Session Number 05: 26 (sat) 14:00-16:00
05A
Religions and Science/Technology, (1)(0190)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese(* simultaneous interpretation)
Convener: Kimura, Takeshi Chairperson: van Ginkel, Hans
Panelists:
Nasim, Anwar: Science and Economic Development: The Islamic Perspective
Shiva, Vandana
Sullivan, Lawrence E.
Taeb, Muhammad: Building on Synergies between Science and Religion, a Key Element for Sustainable Development
Yamaori, Tetsuo: “Survival Strategy” and “Impermanence Strategy”
05B
Various forms of Spirituality in the World, (2)(0132)
Symposium, English
Convener: Ito, Masayuki Chairperson: Haga, Manabu
Respondent(s): Yamanaka, Hiroshi
Panelists:
Furusawa, Yumi: Spiritual Care in the Context of Medicine and Social Welfare
Ito, Masayuki: Body and Spirituality in Contemporary Yoga Boom
Murayama, Motomasa: Philosophy of Soji - Spirituality of a Japanese Business Leader
Yumiyama, Tatsuya: Thinking Spiritual Education in Japan
05C
Religion and Violence in South Asia(0085)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Raj, Selva J.
Panelists:
Anderson, Carol: Symbols Worth Fighting For: Religious Conflict in South Asia
Holt, John Clifford: Ritual and Violence: a Recent Sri Lankan Experience
Raj, Selva J.: Recent Hindu-Christian Conflict in India: A Critique
05D
New Religion in Korea, Past and Present, (2)(0172)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese, Korean(* simultaneous interpretation)
Convener: Youn, Jae Keun
Panelists:
Cho, Sun-Taek: Colonial Legacy in Korean Buddhism and Buddhist Scholarship
Ko, Nam-Sik: Jeong-San's Taoistic Tendency and the Taoist Element of Mugeugto
Yi, Chan-Su: The Hermeneutics of Religious Experience: Daesoon Thought in the Light of Schillebeeckx's Theological Hermeneutics
Yoo, Heun-Woo: The Basic Object in Philosophy and Religion
05E
Religious Conditions in Post-Socialist Countries and the Challenges of a Religiously Plural Society, (2) Religion, Politics, and Civil Society in the Transition from Socialism(0419)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Inoue, Madoka Respondent(s): Landres, J. Shawn
Panelists:
Jozefciakova, Silvia: Religious Pluralism and Freedom of Religion in Slovakia(*Joint Presentation with Moravcikova, Michaela; co-author with Greskova, Lucia)
Moravcikova, Michaela: Religious Pluralism and Freedom of Religion in Slovakia(*Joint Presentation with Jozefciakova, Silvia; co-author with Greskova, Lucia)
* Greskova, Lucia: Religious Pluralism and Freedom of Religion in Slovakia(*co-author with Jozefciakova, Silvia; Moravcikova, Michaela)
Krindatch, Alexey: Religion, Politics and Civil Society in the Post-Soviet Russia
Dungaciu, Dan: Rethinking Nationalism and Religious Pluralism in Post-Totalitarian Countries: the case of Ukraine, Republic of Moldavia and Serbia-Montenegru
Watanabe, Hibi: Fragmented Publicness: The Social Dimension of Religion, Ethnicity and the Discourse in Post-Socialist Siberia
05F
History of Religions as Hermeneutics of Contact Situations: Colonialism, Imperialism, and Popular Religions, (4)(0414)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese
Convener: Araki, Michio
Panelists:
Araki, Michio: The Problem of Contact and Transculturation in the Formation of Modern Japan
Arnold, Philip P.: Iroquois Land Claims and Religious Freedom in the USA
Bauzon, Leslie: The Impact of Spanish Colonialism on Filipino Indigenous Religion
Carrasco, David: Mexican Apparitions in the Contact Zone: La Virgen de Guadalupe and the Altepetl/Hill of Sustenance
Chidester, David: A Colonial House of Dreams: Zulu Dreams, Divination, and Religion in Nineteenth-Century South Africa
Iwasaki, Takashi: Interpretation and Analogy: A Discourse on the Aztec Human-sacrifice
Kitagawa, Hitoshi: Cultural Contact and Hermeneutics:; Motoori Norinaga’s Criticism on the “Chinese Heart”
Long, Charles: Contact, Rituals, and Knowledge
Miyamoto, Youtaro: The Religion of Korean Residents in Japan: Analyzed from the Standpoint of Post-colonialism
Murakami, Tatsuo: Creation Myth in Contact Zones - Cases from the 18th Century Gold Coast
Nandy, Ashis: The Emergence of 'Proper' Religions in Decadent and Savage East: The Case of India
Reid, Jennifer: Sacred Language and Aboriginal Entitlement: Kluskap Myths and the Failure of 18th Century Treaties
Sasao, Michiyo: 'PassingGod,' San Simon: Ethnic Identity and Boundary Dynamics in 'Contact Zone' of Postcolonial Guatemala
Se, Yin: Modern Urban Civilization and Changing Mongolian Shamanism
Shim, Sun-Young: Four Meta-narratives of Tan’gun in the Far Eastern Colonial Contact Zone: Comparing Comparative Religions
Taira, Sunao: The Contact Situation and the Quest for a New Origin of Okinawa
Watanabe, Tamaki: M.K. Gandhi's Independent Movement in Contact Situations
05G
Transformation of Minority Religious Communities(0515)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Gifford, Paul
Panelists:
Gifford, Paul: Ghana’s New Christianity and Globalization
Hase, Thomas: Transatlantic Networks of Christian Separatists in the 18th Century - A Case of Globalisation?
Waterhouse, Helen: Second Generation Soka Gakkai in the UK
Yang, Heriyanto: State-Recognized and Non-State-Recognized Religions: The Case of Confucianism in Indonesia in Historical, Political, and Legal Perspectives
05H
Proselytization Revisited, (2)(0416)
Symposium, English
Convener: Hackett, Rosalind
Panelists:
Behrend, Heike: Satan Crucified: Crusades of the Catholic Church in Western Uganda, Africa
Sharkey, Heather J.: Islam, Christian Evangelism, and Religious Freedom in Egypt
Ukah, Asonzeh F.-K.: Seeing is Believing: Posters and Religious Proselytization in Nigeria
Harnischfeger, Johannes: Islamisation and Ethnic Conversion in Nigeria
Soares, Benjamin F.: From Debate and Deliberation to Conflict and Violence: Religion and the Public Sphere in West Africa
Mulyati, Sri: The Tariqa Qadiriyya Naqshbandiyya and Its Proselytization Initiatives in Indonesian Society
05I
The Significance of the Awareness of one's own "Evil" (aku) today: With a Focus on Shinran's Thought(0107)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese
Convener: Kigoshi, Yasushi Respondent(s): Kadowaki, Ken; Pye, Michael
Panelists:
Ichiraku, Makoto: The World That is Realized through the "Awareness of One's Own Evil"; The Life Beginning from the "Awareness of One's Own Evil"
Nabeshima, Naoki
Sousa, Domingos: The Significance of the Awareness of One's Own "Evil" (Aku): A Focus on Shinran's Thought
05J
The Past and Present of Mourning and the Dead in Japan, (2)(0417)
Symposium, English
Convener: Suzuki, Iwayumi
Panelists:
Doi, Hiroshi: Memorial Service of New Religion for the War Dead in Modern Japan: Case Study of Konkokyo(Konko Faith) Rites
Koumoto, Mitsugu: Memorial Services for the Fallen Soldiers in Modern Japan:A Case Study of the Memorials for Soldiers of the Suicide Corps
Makimura, Hisako: Community, Non-standardization, and Time Limits on Graves and Cemeteries in Modern Japan: An Analysis of a Questionnaire Survey and a Field Survey
Mori, Kenji: National Consciousness Concerning a War Dead Memorial Service Institution
Shintani, Takanori: The Differences and Meanings of Terms Regarding "Mourning" and "Memorial"
Suzuki, Iwayumi: The Past and Present of Mourning and the Dead in Japan
05K
Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Religion(0226)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Wiebe, Donald
Panelists:
Apple, James B.: Analytic Parallels between Buddhist Philosophical Thought and Socio-rhetorical Approaches to the Study of Religion
Brodeur, Patrice C.: Conceptualizing the Applied Academic Study of Religions: A Necessary Step to Empower Scholars of Religions to Increase the Common
Higashibaba, Ikuo: A Reflection on Reductionism: From Believer's Perspective
Wiebe, Donald: Disentangling the Role of the Scholar-Scientist from that of the Public Intellectual in the Modern Academic Study of Religion
05L
Teaching about Religion and Faith Development(0264)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Fujiwara, Satoko
Panelists:
Nishiwaki, Ryo: Religious Development in Japanese Children from a Viewpoint of Religious Environment
Wessinger, Catherine: Teaching about Religion Using Interactive Video
Yamanaka, Shugo: Religion and Children: The Acceptance and Development of Faith
05M
A New Approach to the Study of Sectarian Buddhism(0052)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Hiraoka, Satoshi
Panelists:
Baba, Norihisa: Some Features in Doctrinal Expressions as Found Between the Northern Agamas and the Pali Nikayas
Hiraoka, Satoshi: Buddhist Texts and Sectarian Affiliation
Katsumoto, Karen: Mahayanic Elements in Pali Buddhism
Suzuki, Kenta: The Prajnaparamita Sutras and Sectarian Buddhism as Seen in the Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Sutras
05N
Theoretical Aspects of the Religious Toleration, (2)(0180)
Organized Panel
Convener: Yauchi, Yoshiaki
Panelists:
Bocken, Inigo
Casarella, Peter: The Challenge of Dialogue According to the Letter to John of Segovia of Nicholas of Cusa
Kather, Regine: Gott ist jenseits der Gegensaetze? (Cusanus) Einheit und Vielheit vor dem Hintergrund der negativen Theologie
Yauchi, Yoshiaki: Anselm of Canterbury and the Spirit of Rational Tolerance
05O
Islam Secularism and Modernization(0213)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Kippenberg, Hans G.
Panelists:
Lawrence, Bruce Bennett: No More Crusades: Rethinking Islam in the West
Raisanen, Heikki Martti: Islam and Christianity: A Mutual Intellectual Challenge
Solihin, Sohirin Mohammad: Religious Violence in Indonesia: Jihad in the Qur'an between Comprehension and Apprehension
Waardenburg, Jacques: Islam and Western Secularism : Just an Ideological Conflict?
05P
Emperors and Religion in Modern Japan(0117)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Shillony, Ben-Ami Respondent(s): Kawai, Hayao
Panelists:
Bernard, Rosemarie: Imperial Jingu: Or Why Ise Jingu Matters to the Tenno
Lokowandt, Ernst: The Tennô’s Legitimacy and the Shintô Rituals
Shillony, Ben-Ami: The Descendants of the Goddess and the Son of God: Emperors and Christianity in Modern Japan
05Q
Konflikt und Koexistenz in der Deutschen Mystik(0065)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Convener: Tajima, Teruhisa
Panelists:
Koda, Yoshiki: Mystik als Ort der Begegnung und Auseinandersetzung
Okabe, Yuzo: G. Arnolds Entwurf einer Mystischen Theologie
Tajima, Teruhisa: Mystik als Selbstrelativierung des Glaubens
Tomita, Hiroshi: Leiblichkeit und Eschatologie bei Jakob Böhme
05S
The Role of Religion in Identity Formation, (1)(0218)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Knott, Kim
Panelists:
Hendry, Donna Marie: Expressions of Difference: Buddhist Identity and Ethnic Conflict in Burma.
Mikaelsson, Lisbeth: Meeting the Religious Other : Constructions of Key Scenarios in Norwegian Mission
Svalastog, Anna Lydia: Indigenous People, National Identity, and the State
Tatta, Yukie: Examining the Ideology of a Multi-religious Identity: Islam and Christianity in the Nationalisms of African Americans, Bosnians and Palestinians
05T
The Current State of the Russian Orthodox Church(0040)
Organized Panel, English, Russian, Japanese
Convener: Arimune, Masako
Panelists:
Arimune, Masako: The Problems of Liturgical Language in Russian Orthodox Church: Tradition and Reform
Arinin, Evgeny I.: Students Identification in Modern Russian Pluralistic Society
Tsukui, Sadao: Some Aspects of Christianity in Russia and Japan: Leo Tolstoy and Uchimura Kanzo
Zhukova, Ludmila Gennadievna: Modern Russian Orthodoxy: Unity in Diversity?
* Shaburov, Nikolay Vitalievich: Russian Orthodox Church and State Today(* Paper read by Convener)
Kerov, Vsevolod L.: Joachim of Flore, Apocalypse and Revolution.
05U
Modernity, Religiosity, and the Issues of Mind: Japanese Intellectuals on "Kokoro", (2)(0421)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Convener: Yoshinaga, Shin'ichi
co-Convener:
Respondent(s): Kawamura, Kunimitsu
Panelists:
Ando, Yasunori: Doi Takeo and His Amae Theory : Psychotherapy, human values, and beliefs
Hyodo, Akiko: The Concept of Seishin in the Taishyo period ─ on conflict between Omotokyo and Hentai-shinri
Iwata, Fumiaki: Chikazumi Jokan and the “Ajase Complex”
Maekawa, Michiko: Jinkaku Shuyo (Cultivation of Personalrity) and Religious Thought in Modern Japanese Intellectuals: A The case of Genchi Kato
Yoshinaga, Shin'ichi: Intellectuals and the Practice of Seizaho
05V
Japanese Views on Max Weber and Modernization Theory(0228)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Riesebrodt, Martin
Panelists:
Arakawa, Toshihiko: The Method of Understanding in Max Weber's Sociology of Religion
Ikeda, Akira: Weber's Theory on the Development of Culture and Modernization of Japan
Sumika, Masayoshi: Rational Choice Theory of Religion Reconsidered
Yokota, Michihiro: Three Problematic Issues in the Calvinistic Ethos as Pointed out by Max Weber
Session Number 06: 26 (sat) 16:30-18:30
06A
Religions and Science/Technology, (2)(0402)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese(* simultaneous interpretation)
Convener: Kimura, Takeshi Chairperson: van Ginkel, Hans
Panelists:
Nasim, Anwar: Science and Economic Development: The Islamic Perspective
Shiva, Vandana
Sullivan, Lawrence E.
Taeb, Muhammad: Building on Synergies between Science and Religion, a Key Element for Sustainable Development
Yamaori, Tetsuo: “Survival Strategy” and “Impermanence Strategy”
06C
Islamic Views on War and Peace, (1)(0517)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Yousif, Ahmad F.
Panelists:
Elmi, Qorban: Religion and Human Rights from the Viewpoint of Islam
Fadzil, Ammar: Does the Qur’an Condone Killing: Revisiting the Qur’anic Verses on Jihad with Special Reference to Malaysian’s Government’s Notion of Jihad
Yousif, Ahmad F.: Contemporary Islamic Movements in Southeast Asia: Advocates of Peaceful Changes or Radical Transformation?
06D
The Past, the Present and the Future of WCRP(0139)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese(* simultaneous interpretation)
Convener: Sanada, Yoshiaki
Panelists:
Nara, Yasuaki
Sato, Junichi: To Surmount Religionized Scienticism of Today
Sonoda, Minoru
Yamada, Keizou
06E
Religious Conditions in Post-Socialist Countries and the Challenges of a Religiously Plural Society, (3) Confronting Tradition: New Religious Movements in Postsocialist Europe(0420)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Inoue, Madoka Respondent(s): Richardson, James T.
Panelists:
Toth, Mihaly: Religion and Science in Today’s Hungary
Piralishvili, Zaza: Paradoxes of Interreligious Dialogue in Georgia
Crnic, Ales: New Religious Movements in 'New Europe'
Torok, Peter: The Different Roles of NRMs in Hungarian Church-State Relationships
06F
History of Religions as Hermeneutics of Contact Situations: Colonialism, Imperialism, and Popular Religions, (5)(0439)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese
Convener: Araki, Michio
Panelists:
Araki, Michio: The Problem of Contact and Transculturation in the Formation of Modern Japan
Arnold, Philip P.: Iroquois Land Claims and Religious Freedom in the USA
Bauzon, Leslie: The Impact of Spanish Colonialism on Filipino Indigenous Religion
Carrasco, David: Mexican Apparitions in the Contact Zone: La Virgen de Guadalupe and the Altepetl/Hill of Sustenance
Chidester, David: A Colonial House of Dreams: Zulu Dreams, Divination, and Religion in Nineteenth-Century South Africa
Iwasaki, Takashi: Interpretation and Analogy: A Discourse on the Aztec Human-sacrifice
Kitagawa, Hitoshi: Cultural Contact and Hermeneutics:; Motoori Norinaga’s Criticism on the “Chinese Heart”
Long, Charles: Contact, Rituals, and Knowledge
Miyamoto, Youtaro: The Religion of Korean Residents in Japan: Analyzed from the Standpoint of Post-colonialism
Murakami, Tatsuo: Creation Myth in Contact Zones - Cases from the 18th Century Gold Coast
Nandy, Ashis: The Emergence of 'Proper' Religions in Decadent and Savage East: The Case of India
Reid, Jennifer: Sacred Language and Aboriginal Entitlement: Kluskap Myths and the Failure of 18th Century Treaties
Sasao, Michiyo: 'PassingGod,' San Simon: Ethnic Identity and Boundary Dynamics in 'Contact Zone' of Postcolonial Guatemala
Se, Yin: Modern Urban Civilization and Changing Mongolian Shamanism
Shim, Sun-Young: Four Meta-narratives of Tan’gun in the Far Eastern Colonial Contact Zone: Comparing Comparative Religions
Taira, Sunao: The Contact Situation and the Quest for a New Origin of Okinawa
Watanabe, Tamaki: M.K. Gandhi's Independent Movement in Contact Situations
06G
Appropriation and Appreciation: Native American Responses to Non-Native and Intertribal Involvement in Ceremonials(0086)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Harvey, Graham A. Respondent(s): Harvey, Graham A.
Panelists:
Owen, Suzanne: Inter-Tribal Borrowing among Native North Americans
Ruml, Mark Francis: Arvol Looking Horse, the Protection of Ceremonies, and the Heyoka
Welch, Christina: Becoming the Other: Appropriation or Appreciation?
06H
Proselytization Revisited, (3)(0441)
Symposium, English
Convener: Hackett, Rosalind
Panelists:
Jacobs, Rachelle Marie: World Peace through Inner Peace: the Dhammakaya Vision of a New Global Community
Rahn, Patsy: China: Crisis, Identity, and Proselytization
Mullins, Mark: The Social and Legal Context of Proselytization in Contemporary Japanese Religions
Kazmina, Olga Yevguenievna: Negotiating Proselytism in 21st Century Russia
Balci, Bayram: Between Da'wa and Mission: Turkish Islamic Movements in the Turkic World (Central Asia and the Caucasus)
Wright, Pablo: The Time of Being in Toba Religion (Argentine Chaco)
06I
Playing God? Deceiving Darwin? Comparative Bioethical Conversations on New Biotechnologies(0186)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Mongoven, Ann
Panelists:
Gardner, Richard
Lafleur, William
McKenny, Gerald
Mongoven, Ann
06J
Life, Death and Technology(0043)
Symposium, English
Convener: Utsunomiya, Teruo
Panelists:
Daiguji, Makoto: Human Mind and Technology: From a Psychiatric Point of View
Ishihara, Kohji: Artificial Environment and Designing Life
Kurata, Nobuo: What Is This Thing Called 'Human Dignity'? -Biotechnology and Humanity
Utsunomiya, Teruo: The Role of Religion in the Acceptance of New Biomedical Technologies
06K
New Conceptual Modelling in the Study of Religion(0134)
Symposium, English
Convener: Jensen, Jeppe Sinding
Panelists:
Leopold, Anita Maria: A new conceptual model of ’Syncretism’
Light, Timothy: Developing Religions: the Interaction between Group Processes and Individual Processes
Paden, William: Patterns of Worldmaking Behaviors: Panhuman Bases of Comparative Perspective
Sørensen, Jesper: Reconceptualising Magic: From Ethnocentric Condemnation to Ritual Practice
06L
Religious Education in Japan: Can Problems Be Solved?(0128)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Filus, Dorothea Magdalena co-Convener:
Panelists:
Filus, Dorothea Magdalena: Religious Education in Japan: What Are the Problems?
Pye, Michael: Elements of a Religious Education Programme for Japan
Sonntag, Mira: Communal Life and Religious Education: Lessons that Private Schools Can Teach
Sugawara, Nobuo: Limits and Possibilities of Religious Education: The Case of Public Schools in Japan
06M
Transformations of the So-called New Age in Comparative Perspective(0095)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Prohl, Inken co-Convener:
Panelists:
Gebhardt, Lisette: Healing in Japan
Horie, Norichika: Discourses on Spirituality in Japan after 1995
Prohl, Inken: New Age in Germany and Japan in Comparative Perspective
Woo, Hai Ran: The New Age in South Korea
York, Michael: The New Age and Contemporary Pagan Movements in Britain
06N
Peace by Dialogue in Latin Christian Authors(0050)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Yamazaki, Hiroko Chairperson: Kohlenberger, Helmut
Panelists:
Kohlenberger, Helmut: Truth, Dialogue and Peace in St. Anselm
Van Fleteren, Frederick Emil: War and Peace in Augustine of Hippo
Viola, Kalman (Coloman): Saint Anselm of Canterbury: a Peaceful Defender of Religious Freedom
Yamazaki, Hiroko: St. Anselm's View of Peace
06O
Negotiating Inter-Religious Tensions and Conflicts(0207)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Yagi, Kumiko
Panelists:
Bhatia, Manohar Lal: Religious Grants to Non-Muslims during the Mughals: Conflict and Conciliation
Kimura, Toshiaki: Christian Practice in Local Context - Toba Batak’s prayer meetings in Medan City, Indonesia
Roda-Dafielmoto, Annabelle: Religion and Colonization: the Mindanao Experience
06P
The Development of Folkloric Beliefs in Shinto and Buddhism(0062)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Hirano, Takakuni
Panelists:
Asoya, Masahiko: The Development of Shinto in Folk Culture
Fujii, Masao: Buddhist Ritual Structure and Folkloric Beliefs
Horiuchi, Midori: The Mikagura-Uta and Tenrikyo
Hirano, Takakuni: The Structure of Japanese Mythology and Religious Festivals
06Q
Mysticism and Violence(0006)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Heisig, James W. Respondent(s): Tsuruoka, Yoshio
Panelists:
Lucchetti Bingemer, Maria Clara: Edith Stein and the Struggle against Violence
Mircea, Itu: John Cassian's Mystical Vision and Cosmic Christianity
Shibata, Mimiko: The Violence of Mysticism: Simone Weil on Modern Science
06R
Discourses on War and Violence in Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism(0405)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit co-Convener:
Panelists:
Brekke, Torkel: The Ethics of War in South Asia: Some Comparative Notes
Flugel, Peter: Jain Attitudes towards Violence and War
Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit: Kalacakra tantra: Great War or World Peace?
Witzel, Michael: Scape Goats, Personal Ethics, and 'Just' Violence
06S
Religious Change in a Secularizing World(0219)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Clarke, Peter Bernard
Panelists:
Clarke, Peter Bernard: Assessing the Impact of Religious Change
Stark, Laura: Apocalyptic Evil or Glorious Modern Future? Popular Trauma and Resistance in a Secularizing Finland 1860-1940
Stausberg, Michael: Towards a Religious History of Bombay City
06T
New Religious Movements, (2)(0278)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Frisk, Liselotte
Panelists:
Frisk, Liselotte: New Religious Movements: Different Developments Over Time
Murken, Sebastian: Becoming a Member of a Religious Group: Psychological Perspective
Sassa, Mitsuaki: Globalization and New Age Movements in Present-Day Korea
Vorobjova, Marina Vladimirovna: New Religious Movements and Secular World: Social Interrelation Development Dynamics
06U
Values in Contemporary Japan(0149)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Kisala, Robert J.
Panelists:
Muncada, Felipe L.: Work Attitudes in Japan
Nagai, Mikiko: Aspects of Religious Consciousness in Japan
Yamada, Mamoru: Japanese Values Today
06V
Religious Developments in the Diaspora(0279)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Shibata, Yoshiko
Panelists:
Martikainen, Tuomas: Organisations of Immigrant Religions: The Case of Finland
Matsue, Regina Yoshie: The Religious Activities of Brazilian Migrants in Japan
Rocha, Cristina: Two Faces of God: Religion and Social Class in the Brazilian Diaspora in Sydney
Shibata, Yoshiko: Searching for a Niche in Society and Expressing Difference from Society through Christianity and Ethnic Ritual: Hybrid Ethnic Identity Among Chinese Creoles in Contemporary Jamaica
06W
Muslims and Human Rights in Europe(0097)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Okuyama, Michiaki Respondent(s): Akram, Ejaz
Panelists:
Beckford, James A.: The Balance between Difference and Equality: the Case of Muslim Prisoners Britain and France
Celador, Oscar: EU, Human Rights, and Religious Minorities
Naito, Masanori: Behind Veiling Issues
Pace, Vincenzo: Islam and Human Rights: a Sociological Perspective
Session Number 07: 27 (sun) 13:00-15:00
07C
Shugendo and Mountain Beliefs and Practices in Japan(0074)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Convener: Miyake, Hitoshi
Panelists:
Kiba, Akeshi: Shugendo as a Combinatory Religion
Rotermund, Hartmut. O.: Shugendo in the European Eye: Centering on the 16th Century
Miyamoto, Kesao: Shugendo Ritual in Local Areas
Sekimori, Gaynor: The Effect of Meiji Religious Policy on Shugendo
Suzuki, Masataka: Mountain Religion and Gender
07D
Religion, Ethnicity, and Culture in Korea and Japan, (1) New Religious Movements and Transformation of Traditional Religions(0022)
Symposium, English, Japanese, Korean(* simultaneous interpretation)
Convener: Kanda, Hideo
Panelists:
Kanda, Hideo: The Birth of New Religions in 19th Century Japan and the Traditional Religious Cosmology
Lim, Taihong: Establishment of the Popular Religion and its Thought in Japan : Tenrikyo Seen from Donghak and God Worshippers' Society
Ro, Kil Myung: Characteristics of the New Religious Movements in Korea
Yang, Eun-Yong: Thought of Three Major Religions in Modern Korea: Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism
07E
The Development of Keiji Nishitani's Philosophy of Emptiness(0057)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Convener: Keta, Masako Chairperson: Rhodes, Robert
Panelists:
Hase, Shoto: On Turning Emptiness into an Image
Hosoya, Masashi: On "Fundamental Imagination"
Ono, Makoto: Background to the Imagination in "Emptiness and Soku"
07F
Various Developments of Shamanism in East Asia - Manchuria, Korea, Okinawa and Tenrikyo -(0151)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Convener: Shimada, Yoshihito
Panelists:
Shimada, Yoshihito: Key Note Speech
Yang, Hong: Changing Shamanism under Chinese Policy
Ukiba, Masachika: Shamanism in Korea
Shiotsuki, Ryoko: Shamanism in Okinawa
Morii, Toshiharu: Shamanism and Revelation - the Case of Tenrikyo -
07G
Mahayana Buddhist Thought in Comparative Perspective(0152)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Convener: Yoshida, Hiroaki
Panelists:
Yoshida, Hiroaki: Reconstruction of Mahayana Views of Humans
Hirosawa, Takayuki: The Divine, Immanent in Human Being ~ on the Buddhist Notion“svayambh”
Shiba, Haruhide: Towards Reconstruction of Bio-Ethics Based on the Logic of "Mi"
Yorizumi, Mitsuko: A Study of a Position of Ethics in Japanese Mahayana Buddhism
Yoshida, Osamu: Dharma Ocean – Dependent Origination and Sciences
Ichishima, Shoshin: Love and Compassion, Freeing from Nirvana Abode
07I
Japanese Religious Poetry(0309)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Chairperson: Shirae, Tsuneo
Panelists:
Handa, Eiichi: Japanese Religious Consciousness
Shirae, Tsuneo: Gods Deified and Those Who Deify
Suzuki, Ikkei: What is Onyodo?
Yagi, Ichio: Some Aspects of Oracle Tanka (or the Thirty-one Syllable Japanese Verse)
07J
Pure-Land Buddhism Studies(0335)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Chairperson: Shimbo, Satoru
Panelists:
Chen, Miin-Ling: The problem of Entmythologisierung in Pure-Land Buddhism: the Comparative Perspective of Honen and Shinran
Shimbo, Satoru: Shinran's Imaginary World of Nenbutsu - On Sea -
Takeda, Mikio: The Problem of Time as Seen in Shinran
Tomita, Kasei: The Religious Dimension of War and Peace. Enlightenment of Symbiolisis and Benevolence on Salvation by Faith
07K
Religious Pluralism in Japan(0317)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Chairperson: Kato, Chiken
Panelists:
Cheng, Kwi-Hsia: Method and Theory in the Study of Religion
Hazama, Yoshiki: An Aspect of Japanese Religious Mentality in the Early Modern Japan;A Homogeneity of Christian with Ikkosyu
Kato, Chiken: On Coexistence of Religions
Suzuki, Hideyuki: The Development of Honji-Suijaku in Medieval Japan ─ Kami in the Jodo Sect
07L
Religious Organizations and International Cooperative Activities(0075)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Convener: Hirohashi, Takashi Respondent(s): Sakurai, Yoshihide
Panelists:
Tamaki, Mamoru: The Doctrine of Six Shin-Shukyo (New Religious Organizations) and International Cooperation
Tanaka, Motoo: Activity of Konkyo for Peace
Unagami, Naoshi: Doctrine and International Cooperation: A Comparison of Kurozumikyo with Rissho Kosei-kai
07M
The Spread of Buddhism and its Harmonious Nature(0137)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Convener: Mitomo, Kenyo
Panelists:
Fujii, Kyoko: The Acceptance and Transfiguration of Buddhadhaatu Theory in Chinese and Japanese Bouddhism
Hosaka, Shunji: A Comparative Study on Diffusional Form of Buddhism and Is
Ito, Zuiei: The Source and Development of the Six-fold Nature (六相 liu-xiang) Theory of Hua-yan Sect
Mitomo, Ryojun: A Comparison Between the Dharma and the Laws of Society
Mochizuki, Kaie: What the Harmonizing of the Madhyamika Idea with the Yogacara Idea in "the Great Madhyamaka" Means - Dilemma between Conflict and Harmony in the History of Indian Buddhism
Tejima, Isshin: Rivalry and Harmony between Buddhism and Taoism in Tang's China
07O
Possibility of Philosophy of Religion in Japan(0321)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Chairperson: Kosaka, Kunitsugu
Panelists:
Kosaka, Kunitsugu: Nishida Kitaro and Wang Yang-ming
Okumura, Ichiro: Encountering Oneself – Buddhism and Christianity
Yoshida, Kikuko: The Topological Character of Shinto
07P
Japanese Buddhist Activities and Social Welfare after World War II(0082)
Roundtable session, Japanese
Convener: Hasegawa, Masatoshi
Panelists:
Fujimori, Yusuke: Japanese Buddhist Activities and Social Welfare after the War
Miyagi, Yoichiro: Japanese Buddhist Activities and Social Welfare after the War
Noda, Takao: Japanese Buddhist Activities and Social Welfare after the War
Shimazaki, Giko: Japanese Buddhist Activities and Social Welfare after the War
Shimizu, Kairyu: Japanese Buddhist Activities and Social Welfare after the War
Umehara, Motoo: Japanese Buddhist Activities and Social Welfare after the War
07Q
L'éthique de la mémoire et de l'oubli -- vers une philosophie de la religion au 21ème siècle(0049)
Symposium, Japanese
Convener: Kawaguchi, Shigeo Respondent(s): Inagaki, Hisakazu; Sugimura, Yasuhiko
Panelists:
Ibaragi, Daisuke: L'Appropriation et la Nostalgie
Sato, Keisuke: Au Bout de la Vengeance: la Mémoir Inoubliable au point de Vue de la Philosophie de la Religion
Yamauchi, Makoto: La Profondeur du Mal et le Pardon - avec la Réflexion de Jean Nabert
07R
Philological Studies in Buddhism(0332)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Chairperson: Sano, Yasuo
Panelists:
Goto, Gijo: On the Translator of Wu-liang-shou-jing(3)
Sano, Yasuo: The Structure of the Distinct Sects Found in the Abhidharmako{s'}abh{a_}{s.}ya
Yamamura, Honryu: Study on' Nichiren Sect Religious Debates (Focusing on Ketsumaku-Myogenron)
Yoshizawa, Kazunari: Considering Collections of Orally Transmitted Texts: Ekouinryu Buddhist Scriptures
07S
Modernity, Secularism, and Nationalism(0327)
Organized Panel, French, Japanese
Chairperson: Kumamoto, Einin
Panelists:
Ejima, Naotoshi: The View of Asia by Buddhist Groups in Modern Japan
Kumamoto, Einin: Critical Views onto the Buddhism of Modern Japan
Manzoku, Tamae: Transforming the Concept "Laicite" in Modern French Society: The Issue of Headscarves in Public Schools
Tedo, Kiyonobu: L’Histoire Religieuse dans l’Histoire Religieuse au milieu du XIXe siècle en France
07T
Theological Metaphors: Fathers, Mothesr, Founders(0324)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Chairperson: Tsushiro, Hirofumi
Panelists:
Kudo, Toru: A Study of the Fundamental Problem of Monotheism – Concerning Christianity
Okinaga, Takashi: Why Does the Mystery of the Existence of I Arise?
Sassaki, Ataru: Two Forms of Power: Imaginary and Disciplinary
07U
Religion, Experience, and Culture(0319)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Chairperson: Hori, Masahiko
Panelists:
Hori, Masahiko: Natsume Soseki, William James, and Spirituality
Iwashita, Yoshihiro: Another View of Joseph Campbell's Research in Japan
Tsuji, Ryutaro: Conspiracy Theory-Thinking:The Judea = Freemason Conspiracy Theory in Japan
Yokomichi, Makoto: Robert Musil's "New Man"
Session Number 08: 27 (sun) 15:15-17:15
08C
Occult Japan -- the Present State of Ontake Belief(0162)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Convener: Miyake, Hitoshi
Panelists:
Kobayashi, Naoko: The Oza Ritual and Hierophany - Focusing on Cases of ko groups in the Chubu Region
Makino, Shin'ichi: The Movement of Ko Groups of the Issan and Isshin Schools in the Kanto Region
Nakayama, Kaoru: A Change in the Character of Ontake Belief - The Opening of Mt. Ontake by Mokujiki Fukan
Seki, Atsuhiro: The Development and Present Condition of Ontake Belief in the Chubu Region - Focusing on the Owari Area
Sugawara, Toshikiyo: The Climb, the Oza Ritual, and Reijin Worship in Ontake Belief
08D
Religion, Ethnicity, and Culture in Korea and Japan, (2) Mordernization and Folk Religions(0016)
Symposium, English, Japanese, Korean(* simultaneous interpretation)
Convener: Katsurajima, Nobuhiro
Panelists:
Cho, Sung Youn: Modernization and Folk Religion in Korea
Inoue, Tomokatsu: A Study of Changes in Traditional Japanese Beliefs on Solar and Lunar Eclipses by the Modern Japanese Government
Katsurajima, Nobuhiro: Curing and Popular Japanese Religion in the Early-Modern Period
Kim, Myung-Ja: Sae-ma-eul'(New Community) Movement and the Change of Village's Traditional Belief
08E
Heidegger Studies(0305)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Chairperson: Taniguchi, Shizuhiro
Panelists:
Matsuda, Kensaburo: On <Cogitatio> and <Zeitlichkeit> in Augustine and Heidegger
Murakami, Kiyoshi: Heidegger’s Fundamental Ontology and Theology
Murone, Ikuo: The Historical Inevitabilities of the Presence of Barth(K.)’s Theology and Heidegger(M.)’s Philosophy in the Period of the Weimar Republic. -In Relation to Civil Society
Taniguchi, Shizuhiro: M.Heidegger's Thinking and the Question to Religion
08F
Foreign Expansion of Japanese Religions(0058)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese
Convener: Shimada, Yoshihito
Panelists:
Shimada, Yoshihito: Expansion of World Religions and Japanese Relisions
Tsutsui, Tadashi: Japanese Migration in California and Jyodo Shinshu Buddhism
Asai, Yoshifusa: Zen Buddhism in the U.S.
Morii, Toshiharu: On the Overseas Missionary Activities of Tenrikyo
08G
Rethinking the History of Chan Buddhism(0150)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Convener: Ishii, Shudo
Panelists:
Ishii, Shudo: Chan in the Song Dynasty
Maekawa, Toru: The End of the History of the Chan School
Ogawa, Takashi: Chan in the Tang and Five Dynasties
Ogawa, Takashi: Zen Buddhism in the 20th Century
08I
Issues in Contemporary Chinese and Central Asian Traditions(0312)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Chairperson: Sunaga, Takashi
Panelists:
Hiroike, Shin'ichi: The Relationship between "Religion" and Identity in Amdo
Miyasaka, Kiyoshi: The Organizational Process of Experiences of Shamanic Sickness – A Case Study of Ladakhi Shamans
Miyata, Yoshiya: Origin-Religion Movement in China:The Case of Tao Yuna and World RedSwastika Society in Republican China
Sunaga, Takashi: Exchange and Conflict of the Mother God Belief in East Asia
08J
The Life History Approach as a Present Challenge in Religious Studies(0026)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Convener: Takei, Junsuke Chairperson: Kawamata, Toshinori
Respondent(s): Ikoshi, Keisuke
Panelists:
Takei, Junsuke: The Diversity of Interpretation in a Believer's Life History
Takemura, Kazuo: Belief and the Human Geography of Tunesaburo Makiguchi
Terada, Yoshiro: Life History and Context of Dialogue
Tsukada, Hotaka: Acquisition of the Faith, Withdrawal, and the Continuance
08K
Religion, Society, and Law in Post-World War II Japan(0315)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Chairperson: Usui, Atsuko
Panelists:
Shimizu, Takashi: A Study of the Process of the Establishment of the Religious Corporation Law
Takahashi, Kayo: The Contemporary "Jidan Relationship" and The Organization of "Danka"
Usui, Atsuko: Issues over Gender Quality in Japanese Religion
Yamaguchi, Masahiro: How was the word shinko used?
08L
Original Enlightenment and Nichiren(0333)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Chairperson: Hanano, Judo
Panelists:
Fuse, Giko: A Study of The Honjyaku Theory --The Theory of the Fundamental Aspect (Hommon) and the Manifestation Doctrine (Shakumon) of the Lotus Sutra in Nichiren Buddhism
Hanano, Judo: Theological Significance of Original Enlightenment Thought
Miwa, Zeho: The Influence of Nichiren's Works in The Modern Japan
Okazaki, Hoken: Nichiren’s Concept of Salvation in Mappo
08M
The Role of Hua-yen Thought in East Asia(0136)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Convener: Yoshizu, Yoshihide Chairperson: Yoshizu, Yoshihide
Panelists:
Ishii, Kosei: Huayan Philosophy and Anarchism at the Dawn of the Chinese Revolution: with Special Reference to Zhang Taiyan and Liu Shipei
Kim, Chon-hak: Conversion Theory in East Asian Huayan Thought
Mabuchi, Masaya: The Contribution of the Four-teaching System Constructed by Huiyuan of Jingfasi-Temple to the Theoretical Development of Huayen Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty
Maegawa, Ken-ichi: Myoe on Esoteric Buddhism and Precepts
Sato, Atsushi: Why Is the Hua-yen Doctorine Important in Korean Buddhism?
08N
Religion and Discrimination(0126)
Roundtable session, Japanese
Convener: Monma, Sachio
Panelists:
Igeta, Midori
Matsune, Taka
Monma, Sachio: Discriminatory Description in Buddhist Scripture
Ogoshi, Aiko
Yamashita, Akiko
08O
Folk Religion in Far-Eastern Asia(0322)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Panelists:
Fujino, Yohei: Christianity in Taiwan for the Study of Folk Religion: the Case of the True Jesus Church
Momose, Hibiki: The Change of Ancestor Worship Ceremony in Hokkaido Ainu and the Cultural Reviving Movement
08P
The Current State of Shinto Studies(0081)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Convener: Sugiyama, Shigetsugu
Panelists:
Hashimoto, Masanori: Shrine Materials and Shinto
Ishii, Kenji: Modern Society and Shrine Shinto
Nitta, Hitoshi: Rethinking "State Shinto"
Norman, Havens
Takeda, Hideaki: New Views on Shinto History
Tokoro, Isao: The History of Shrines that Deify a Person as Kami
08Q
Philosophy and Religion in the Age of Science and Technology - Reconsidering H. Jonas' The Imperative of Responsibility -(0044)
Symposium, Japanese
Convener: Sugimura, Yasuhiko Respondent(s): Kamio, Kazutoshi; Matsumaru, Hisao
Panelists:
Akitomi, Katsuya: How Does "Nature" Matter to Philosophy of Religion in the Age of Science and Technology?
Sugimura, Yasuhiko: The Imperative of Responsibility and God after Auschwitz
Sugioka, Masatoshi: "The Feeling of Fear" as an Intellect
Takeuchi, Tsunafumi: Nihilism, Life and Responsibility
Tsuru, Shin'ichi: A Concept of Responsibility as a Consciousness of Being an Assailant: ethics and religion in H. Jonas' The Imperative of Responsibility
08S
Religion, Society, and State in Contemporary East Asia(0329)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Chairperson: Isshiki, Aki
Panelists:
Chi, Youngim: The Tradition and Change of Korea's National Memorial Cemetery
Isshiki, Aki: Regional Society under Military Occupation and Christianity as Religion of the Ruler in Postwar Okinawa
Nozaki, Kouichi: Conscientious Objectors and Christianity in East Asia: Comparative Studies between Taiwan (R.O.C.) and Korea
Sato, Kazunori: Debating the Appraisal of the Virtues of Emperor Meiji (Seitoku-ron)
08T
Religious Language(0310)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese
Chairperson: Ota, Toshihiro
Panelists:
Hasegawa, Takuya: Paul Ricoeur's Theory of Religious Language
Hida, Tsuyoshi: A Study of Religious Language as seen in the Shinto Classics
Ota, Toshihiro: The “Word with Power” in Christian Orthodox and Gnosticism
08U
Ritual Studies in Shinto(0306)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Chairperson: Mimura, Yasuomi
Panelists:
Ichida, Masataka: Folk Religion and "History from Below"
Mimura, Yasuomi: On the Significance of Ecstatic Movements in “Kagura”
Takeuchi, Mitsuyoshi: The Miare Ritual of the Kamo Shrine
Yamaguchi, Nobue: The Symbolization of Archives Becoming "Sacred Things"-A Case Study of Miyaza of Komiya Hachiman Shrine in Fukuoka Prefecture-
08V
Peace and Buddhist Art(0083)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Convener: Sakawa, Senkyo
Panelists:
Akita, Takahiro: The Possibility of Viewing Religion as Culture
Ikari, Shohei: Religion and Art as Human Creation and Worship
Noritake, Kaigen: The Change of the Buddhistm Culture, and the People, Peace
Sakawa, Senkyo: The Desire and Prayer for Peace observed in Buddhist Sculptures in China and Japan
Ueno, Keiji: Prayers for Peace Envisioned in Buddhist Bells
Session Number 09: 27 (sun) 17:30-19:30
09C
Christianity in Modern Japan(0331)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Chairperson: Iseda, Nao
Panelists:
Iseda, Nao: Ume Tsuda and Christianity
Morikami, Yuko: Nitobe Inazo's Concept of "Cultivation"
Ujike, Norio: Yoshino Sakuzo’s Concept of “Heaven” as Seen in Comparison to his Teacher Ebina Danjo
Watanabe, Akiko
09D
Religion, Ethnicity, and Culture in Korea and Japan, (3) Movements of Popullar Religion in Modern States(0029)
Symposium, English, Japanese, Korean(* simultaneous interpretation)
Convener: Obayashi, Koji Respondent(s): Kozawa, Hiroshi
Panelists:
Iida, Takafumi: Formation of Religious Lives Among the Koreans in Japan
Lee, Won-Bum: Spread of Japanese Religions in Korea
Obayashi, Koji: An Analysis on the Influence of Believers' Faith in the Home Front in Japan - Focusing on Stories of Experience during World War II
Ryu, Sung Min: Comparative Study on the Responses of Religions in Korea upon the Religious Policies of Imperialist Japan, Concentrating in the Differences between Religious Organizations and Individuals
09E
The Study of Mysticism: A Review of its Past and the Prospects of its Future Methodology(0025)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Convener: Matsuda, Mika Chairperson: Yoshida, Kikuko
Respondent(s): Yoshida, Kikuko
Panelists:
Goto, Masahide: The Study of Mysticism: What Does it Mean for the Kyoto School?
Katoh, Kiriko: Mysticism as Directed toward Original Knowledge: The Case of Eckhart's Theory of the Intellect
Matsuda, Mika: Did Eckhart Have Mystical Experiences? The Possibility of Interpreting Eckhart by Means of Speech Act Theory
09F
Japanese Religions in Globalized Contexts(0303)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Chairperson: Unagami, Naoshi
Panelists:
Okamitsu, Nobuko Catherine: Social Welfare Activities by a Religious Organization and the Local Community --- The Case of the Naha Diocese, Okinawa, Japan
Takahashi, Norihito: The Transformations of Japanese Buddhist Organizations Before and After World War II in Hawai’I
Terada, Yoshiro: Japanese New Religion and Speakers of Japanese in Taiwan : A Case Study of Seicho-no-Ie
Unagami, Naoshi: International Cooperation and Religion: The Case of Kurozumikyo, Rissho Kosei-kai and Shanti
09G
Religion and Practice(0054)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Convener: Nishio, Hidenari
Panelists:
Hiraki, Koji: The Practice of Meditation in Theravada Buddhism
Kishimoto, Masaharu: Questioning the Concept of “Practice” Found in the Forth and Fifth Chapter of the Sutta Nipata
Kitagawa, Kiyohito: Sri Aurobindo’s Integral Yoga
Sugioka, Nobuyuki: Non-Violence and Living-Beings in Jainism
Tatsuguchi, Myosei: Buddhism and Practice
09I
'Mission' as Organizing Category(0313)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Chairperson: Yamashita, Hiroshi
Panelists:
Azuma, Kentaro: Doctrine and Devoutness: A Study of a Catholic Charismatic Movement in the Province of Capiz, Philippines
Fukao, Noriyasu: A Re-examination of Ethnic Identity of Japanese Americans: - An Approach from Japanese Christian Churches-
Oe, Mitsuru: Semi-Colonial Mission Field in Japan-Jurisdiction over Japan with Anglican Missionary Enterprises
Yamashita, Hiroshi: Catholic Mission and Inculturation in Late Medieval South India with Special Reference to the Literary Activities of the Jesuit Old Madurai Mission in Tamilnadu
09J
Japanese Bioethics(0308)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Chairperson: Umiyama, Hiroyuki
Panelists:
Fuchigami, Kyoko: The Religious View on Ovum Donation: Japanese Couples and Korean Infertility Treatment
Ito, Miyuki: “The Death of the second person” in Contemporary Japan
Oka, Hiroshi: The Dignity of Life and the Gravity of Death in The Transplantation of Organs from the Brain Dead. – Seen from the Standpoint of Bioethics as well as Interdependence
Umiyama, Hiroyuki: Japanese Hesitation Against the Organ Transplantation
09K
Death and Religion in Contemporary Society(0325)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese
Chairperson: Kitazawa, Yutaka
Panelists:
Kamii, Monsho: Spacial Recognition at the Moment of Death
Kim, Young-Hwang: Rational Suicide and Euthanasia
Kitazawa, Yutaka: An Examination of Contemporary Attitudes toward Death from the Study of Visions of the Otherworld
Sudo, Hiroto: Butsudan and Ihai in Japanese Religion
09L
Important Figures in Tokugawa and Meiji Period Religious Life(0328)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Chairperson: Suzuki, Yasumi
Panelists:
Ogihara, Minori: The Formation of and Changes in Misogikyo Shintoism
Susa, Shungo: Dose the Absolute Exist in Shinto? On Ise Sadatake’s Theory of Shinto
Suzuki, Yasumi: Nakae Tōju’s Religious Thought
Teramoto, Yoshimi: The Concept of “Respecting the Gods” in the Thought of Minakata Kumagusu
09M
Lotus Buddhism and the Concept of Peace(0076)
Roundtable session, Japanese
Convener: Watanabe, Hoyo
Panelists:
Annaka, Naofumi: Problems on the Development of Lotus Sutra Buddhism in Modern Japan and World Peace
Hara, Shinjo: The Notion of Sin as Seen in the Lotus Sutra
Konishi, Tetsuryo: Sacred Writings in Wartime
Mamiya, Keijin: The Basis for Respecting Others: Nichiren, Dogen, and Religious Pluralism
Ohtani, Gyoko: Originality of Nichiren's Hokke Buddhism and the Realization of Harmony
Tsukamoto, Keisho: The Formation of the Lotus Sutra’s Teaching of Integration and Its Background
Watanabe, Hoyo: The Peace the Lotus Sutra Aspires After
09O
Philosophical Research in Chinese Buddhism(0323)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Chairperson: Nagashima, Takayuki
Panelists:
Fujii, Jun: The Reinterpretation of Historical Records about Kukai’s Study in China
Honda, Yoshinari: Tun-huang Buddhist Manuscripts and Mahavibhasa
Miyai, Rika: On the Jinzanglun, a Buddhist Encyclopedia from the Latter Half of the Period of the Northern Dynasties in China
Nagashima, Takayuki: Hypothesis, Zen Sect Was Established after the Sixth Patriarch Enoh (Hui-neng) and “the Rokuso Dankyoh (the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch ; the Liu-tsu t’an-ching)”
09P
Shinto Perspectives on Emperorship(0051)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Convener: Mitsuhashi, Tadashi
Panelists:
Bernard, Rosemarie: Ise Jingu and the Postwar Imagination of Emperorship
Mitsuhashi, Tadashi: Ancient Emperorship and the Formation of a Medieval Shinto-based Vision of the Tenno
Sonehara, Satoshi: Nikko Toshogu and Ise Jingu: Shogunate and Emperorship in the Edo Period
Teeuwen, Mark: Imperial Symbolism in Medieval Shinto Ritual
09R
Christian Concepts of Charity and Love(0330)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Chairperson: Kimura, Akiko
Panelists:
Kikama, Koichiro: The Viewpoint of the Family for Canonization of Edith Stein
Kimura, Akiko: The Practical Dialogue of Religion through the Activity of Mother Theresa in India
Matsubara, Shino: The Christology of Simone Weil
Tsuneki, Kentaro: The "Impersonal" Character of "Capital" and "Brotherly Love" in Max Weber
09S
Comparative Philosophy of Religion: Challenges of Expropriation and Mission(0320)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Chairperson: Takayama, Hidetsugu
Panelists:
Haruchika, Takashi: Beckh’s “Buddhismus” and German Perception: Toward Buddhism in the Early 20th Century
Hase, Zuiko: Some Problems of Comparative Philosophy of Religion: with Reference to Bruno Petzold and Jyunyu Kitayama
Takayama, Hidetsugu: What is Missionary Activity in Religion?
09U
Oratory and Debate in the Buddhist World in Medieval Japan(0030)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Convener: Minowa, Kenryo
Panelists:
Minowa, Kenryo: The Characters of the Eight Lectures at the Hosshoji Temple
Ooshima, Kaoru: Several Aspects of Preaching the Loutus Sutra
Yamaguchi, Kojun: The Culture of Debate in the Tendai School and the Institutes for the Training of Study Monks (Dangisho) in Medieval Japan
09V
Possibilities of Buddhist Thoughts, (1)(0334)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Chairperson: He, Yansheng
Panelists:
Kohno, Tomoko: Consciousness of Oneself and Buddhism: Based on the Japanese History of Ethical Thought
Lee, Seunghyun: Yanagi Muneyoshi’s Perspective on Peace: An Examination of A Culture Devoid of Antithesis
Okubo, Masayuki: On the Idea of Divinity in the Lotus Sutra with References to the Concepts of “Purusa” and “Dharma”
Session Number 10: 28 (mon) 11:00-13:00
10B
Religion, Foreign/Public Policy and Civilizational Conflicts, (1)(0407)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Khan, Abrahim H.
Panelists:
Khan, Abrahim H.: Interdependence of Religion and Mainstream International Diplomacy
Lease, Gary: Vatican Diplomacy: Religion and Foreign Policy Identified
Mastagar, Mariana: Havel's Language of Politics: Secular or Spiritual?
Ryba, Thomas: Natural Law as the Dually Legitimated Ground of a Global Bill of Human Rights
10C
Theoretical Approaches to Conflict and Peace, (2)(0221)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Hewitt, Marsha Aileen
Panelists:
Hewitt, Marsha Aileen: Religion in a Time of Terror: Religious Violence from a Comparative, Interdisciplinary Perspective
Molnar, Attila K.: Conscience and the Utopia of Reason
Orye, Lieve Elvire: War of the Worlds, What about Peace? Lessons to learn from Science Studies?
10D
Religion, Ethnicity, and Culture in Korea and Japan, (4) Religion and Gender(0013)
Symposium, English, Japanese, Korean(* simultaneous interpretation)
Convener: Umezawa, Fumiko
Panelists:
Kanazu, Hidemi: Abortion and Infanticide, and the World of Faith
Kim, Yun Seong: New Women's Understanding of Religion in Early Modern Korea
Lee, Youna: Discourses on New Women in Modern Korean Christianity
Park, Kyutae: A Comparison of Femininity in Korean and Japanese New Religions
Umezawa, Fumiko: Exclusion of Women from the Sacred Mountain of Fuji
10E
Questioning ‘ the Religious’: Talking Outside the West(0093)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Isomae, Jun'ichi Respondent(s): Chidester, David
Panelists:
Isomae, Jun'ichi: Rethinking ‘Japanese Religion’: The Transcendental and the Indigenous
Sakai, Naoki: Christianity and Modern Subject Formation in the East Asian Community
Suburamanian, Mukund: Conceiving Desire in Spirit and Deity Possession: insights from Aomori,Japan
10F
Gender in Buddhism(0507)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Reeves, Gene
Panelists:
Dahiya, Neelima: Women in Buddhist Text: Some Progressive Shifts
Honda, Aya: Resettlement of Japanese Americans and Buddhist Women's Associations
Inose, Yuri: Factors Influencing Faith Succession
Kurihara, Toshie: Nichiren's Theory of Women's Attainment of Buddhahood
10G
Western Esotericism and Polemics, (1) Esotericism, Scriptural Religions, and Reli-gious Pluralism: Conflict or Concordance?(0155)
Symposium, English
Convener: von Stuckrad, Kocku co-Convener:
Panelists:
Lewisohn, Leonard Craig: Esoteric Platonism in Seventeenth-Century Persia and Fifteenth-Century Florence and the Influence of Muslim Thought on Italian Renaissance Humanism
Neumann, Hanns-Peter: Between Heresy and Orthodoxy: Alchemy and Piety in Late 16th Century Germany
Reill, Peter Hanns: Between Theosophy and Orthodox Christianity: Johann Salomo Semler’s Hermetic Religion
10H
At the Forefront of Daoist Studies, (1) Aspects of Daoist Philosophies(0140)
Organized Panel, English, French
Convener: Sunayama, Minoru Chairperson: Tanaka, Fumio
Respondent(s): Kikuchi, Noritaka
Panelists:
Ikehira, Noriko: Daoism and Scriptures Composed in China
Yokote, Yutaka: Aspects of the Doctrine of “nature” in Daoism -from Tang to Song -
Mori, Yuria: The Transmission of the Precepts of the Quanzheng School in Qing China
Huang, Haide: Taoist Thoughts and Human Peace
10I
International Comparison of Religious Conflicts, (1) Re-Examining the Cult Controversies in Global Context(0175)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Nakano, Tsuyoshi
Panelists:
Oguntola-Laguda, Danoye: Religion and Terrorism: A Philosophical Appraisal of the Activities of Secret Societies in Yorubaland
Sakurai, Yoshihide: Re-Examining the Cult Controversies in a Global Context: an International Comparison of Religious Conflict (1)
Shimada, Hiromi: The Aum Shinrikyo Incident as Religious Terrorism
Watanabe, Manabu: Salvation and Violence
10J
Religion and Biotechnology(0246)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Lafleur, William
Panelists:
Hanaoka, Eiko: The Problem of Life and Technology
Kaadan, Abdul Nasser: Human Cloning from Religious and Ethical Perspectives
Svalastog, Anna Lydia: Gene Technology, Riskhandling and Myths
10K
The Philosophy of Science and the Study of Religion: How can Methods and Theories from the Philosophy of Science Contribute to the Interpretation of Religious Data?, (1)(0161)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Rennie, Bryan Stephenson
Panelists:
Geertz, W. Armin: When Cognitive Scientists Become Religious, Science Is in Trouble: On Neurotheology from a Philosophy of Science Perspective
Goldberg, David W.: Neuroanatomy and the Religious Experience: Scientific Demystification of Religion?
Jensen, Jeppe Sinding: Interpretation and Explanation in the Study of Religion
Wiebe, Donald: Interpretation and Explanation: Concord or Discord in the Study of Religion?
10L
Indigenous Religions and Environment: toward Sustainable Societies, (1)(0164)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Kimura, Takeshi co-Convener:
Panelists:
Arnold, Philip P.: Urgent Message from the Haudenosaunee on Behalf of Creation
Herzog-Schroeder, Gabriele: The Death of the Soul and the Shaman's Ancestors (Yanomami, Southern Venezuela)
Kimura, Takeshi: Religion, Environment, and Sustainability
Limon, Silvia Olvera: The Sacred Landscape at the Andes: Earth, Caves and Mountains
Ogunbile, David O.: Creation, Procreation and Re-creation: Earth, Motherhood and Indigenous Spirituality
Olajubu, Oyeronke: Gender and the Environment in Yoruba Religion: A Focus on Waterfalls
Olupona, Jacob: Ritual, Environment and African Religion
Torres, Yolotl González: Maize: the Life of Mesoamerican People
10M
Buddhism and Modernity in Nineteenth Century Japan(0037)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese
Convener: Fukushima, Eiju Respondent(s): Ketelaar, James E.
Panelists:
Doi, Hiroshi: Cremation in Nineteenth Century Japan-from Buddhist Custom to Hygienic Method
Tanigawa, Yutaka: A “Modern” Monk in 19th Century Japan - Sada Kaiseki’s Astronomical Research and his Rejection of Imported Goods –
Okada, Masahiko: Taking a Walk around the Hall of Philosophy: Science, Philosophy and Religion in Modern Japan.
Fukushima, Eiju: Japanese Buddhism at the Turning Point of the Century: Kiyozawa Manshi's Studies of Modern Civilization and Religion
10N
Methods of Interpreting Christian Scriptures in the Contemporary World: Different Voices, Different Places, and Different Times(0118)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Sasaki, Kei
Panelists:
Dube, Musa Wenkosi: Talitha Cum Hermeneutics: Some African Women’s Ways of Reading the Bible
Sasaki, Kei: Is Japanese Christianity and Japanese Biblical Scholarship Minority or Majority?
Staley, Jaffrey L.: “Clothed and in Her Right Mind:” Mark 5:1-20 and Postcolonial Discourse
Sugirtharajah, R. S.: The Bible and Empires Old and New
10O
Muslim Discourses on Otherness and Selfhood(0090)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Yagi, Kumiko
Panelists:
Arai, Masami: Images of the West in Ottoman-Turkish Discourses
Fujii, Morio: “Otherness” in Modern Iranian Nationalist Discourses
Mori, Shintaro: The Self and the Other in Muslim-Arab Intellectuals' Discourses on the Arabic Language
Sugita, Hideaki: Muslim Views of Japan during and after the Russo-Japanese War
Yagi, Kumiko: Islam as Reflected in Arab Muslim Discourses on Otherness
10P
Soul of Materia and Healing of the Psyche in Japanese Belief and Customs, (1)(0112)
Symposium, English, Japanese
Convener: Zitukawa, Mikiro
Panelists:
Hiraoka, Shoshu: Japanese Views of the Soul
Kaya, Wataru: Some Critiques on Winniccot's “Transitional Object” from the Pantheistic Point of View
Kojima, Yoshiyuki: Living Tools - The Concept of Tsukumogami in Japanese Folk Beliefs
Long, Charles: Religion, Materiality, and Modernity
Toda, Yuan: The Place of the Serpent in which Healing Occurs -Spiritual Regions of Stone, Water, and Trees
Watanabe, Toyokazu: The Power of Megaliths
10Q
Japanese Views on Western Scholars of the Study of Religion(0223)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Paden, William
Panelists:
Sato, Shintaro: Rethinking Eliade's Homo Religiosus
Suto, Takaya: On the "Exception" in Kierkegaard
Tsurushima, Akira: The Suffering God in Bonhoeffer’s Theology
Tsutsui, Fumio: Jamesian View of Religion in Empiricism
10R
Rooting Religions Abroad: Case Studies on Sri Lankan Hinduism in Europe(0098)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Baumann, Martin Respondent(s): Gottschalk, Peter Eastman
Panelists:
Baumann, Martin: Tamil Hindu Identity Abroad: Measuring the Impact of Social Structure and Religiousness on Processes of Incorporation in Germany
Luchesi, Brigitte: From Backyards to Main Streets: Tamil Hindus and Public Processions in Europe
Schalk, Peter: On the Road to Unity
Wilke, Annette Maria: Two Tamil Hindu Goddess Temples in Northern Germany: A Case Study fo Competing and Complementary Modes in Reproducing Cultural Identity
10S
Interpretations of Religious Texts(0241)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Krech, Volkhard
Panelists:
Doi, Yumi: Transition in the Study of the Passion Narratives
Hosoda, Ayako: The Visions of Hildegard of Bingen
Taguchi, Hiroko: Poesie and der Heilige Sinn in Novalis' Die Christenheit oder Europa
Wachi, Yukei: Fiction and Reality --The Interpretation of Literary Text and "the Relationship"
10T
Power Dynamics in Selected New Religious Movements in Kenya(0191)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Wamue, Grace Nyatugah
Panelists:
Mwaura, Philomena Njeri: Ritual Healing and Re-Definition of Individual Personality in African Instituted Churches in Kenya
Samita, Zacharia Wanakacha: Power Hoarding and Power Loading from Divine Spaces with Reference to the New Holy Church, Kenya
Wamue, Grace Nyatugah: Rebuilding the Cracked Pot: Religion and Social Transformation in Africa
10U
Religion, Conflict and the Land: Indigenous Responses(0177)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Cox, James Respondent(s): Harvey, Graham A.
Panelists:
Cox, James: The Impact of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act on Indigenous Understandings of the Land
Ginnely, Emma: Disparate Meanings: Religion, Land and Indigeneity in Context
Thompson, Jack T.: The Ngoni Struggle for Land and Identity in Colonial Malawi
Welch, Christina: Indigenous Concepts of the Land and New Age Appropriations
10V
Religion and Social Welfare: Towards Social Engagement and Inter-religious Cooperation, (1)(0113)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Sakurai, Haruo
Panelists:
Furusawa, Yumi: Social Welfare, Hospital Chaplaincy and Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Movement
Hermansen, Christian Morimoto: Ecumenical Christian Cooperation and Social Work in Kamagasaki, Osaka
Inaba, Keishin: Altruism and Social Engagement of Religion: The Faith-Based Services in Japan
Mukhopadhyaya, Ranjana: Universalizing Salvation: Modernization, Globalization and Transformations in Buddhist Social Welfare in Japan
Sakurai, Haruo: The Actual Role of Shrine Shinto for Wellbeing Society as an Ethnic Religion
10W
Missionaries and Japanese Culture(0147)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Convener: Harashima, Tadashi Chairperson: Kohiyama, Rui
Panelists:
Kega, Takeo: Edwin T. Iglehart and Methodist Mission Principle
Lee, Sung Jeon: Protestant Missionaries in Colonial Korea - Their Views on Japan and Japanese Culture
Nakajima, Koji
Oe, Mitsuru: Missionaries Enclosed with Different Dimensions ―The Agent of Occidental Culture and Oriental Culture
Tsuji, Naoto: On the Work of Missonaries from the Dutch Reformed Church in America toward Japanese Culture
Session Number 11: 28 (mon) 14:00-16:00
11C
Religion and Violence: Multiple Perspectives(0211)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Lawrence, Bruce B.
Panelists:
Imade, Toshihiko: The Human Life in the Face of Boundaries
Junginger, Horst: Religion and Genocide: the Significance of Christian and Anti-Christian Motives for the Holocaust
Matsumura, Kazuo: Myth Theories and War
11D
Religion, Ethnicity, and Culture in Korea and Japan, (5) Movements of Popular Religion in Modern States(0125)
Symposium, English, Japanese, Korean
Convener: Kashio, Naoki
Panelists:
Ito, Masayuki: Life, Death, and Spirituality as Perceived by Japanese People
Kim, Chae Young: A Study on the Religious Dimension of Death Studies in Korea
Park, Seunggil: A Cult of the Dead in the Korean Religious Culture
Sajima, Akiko: People and Their Memories in Korean Comics
Shin, Kwangcheol: A Cross-Cultural Study on the Viewpoint of Life and Death in Popular Culture of Korea and Japan: with Special References to the Films on Funeral Rites
11E
Engaged Buddhism in Japan(0028)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Mukhopadhyaya, Ranjana Respondent(s): Furusawa, Yumi; Yoshiharu, Tomatsu
Panelists:
Kisala, Robert J.: Japanese Buddhist Responses to Terror
Mukhopadhyaya, Ranjana: Patterns of Social Engagement of Japanese Buddhism
Ueda, Noriyuki: From Funeral to Engaged? Japanese Buddhist Temples in Transition
Watts, Jonathan Stansbury: The Search for Socially Engaged Buddhism in Japan
11F
Religion and Gender in an African Globalizing Context(0047)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Felix, Ulombe Kaputu
Panelists:
Felix, Ulombe Kaputu: Religion and Gender Issues in a Global World: African Priorities and Examples in the World
Gaiya, Musa A. B.: State Violence against Women in Sharia Sates in Northern Nigeria
Isabel, Mukonyora: Should Religions have particularities in a Postmodern Africa?
Lufunda, Kaumba: World Economy and African Spiritual Values: Contradictions and/or Complementarities
Maroba, Kala'abiene: African Religion(s) and Women Social Roles in Traditional Society: A Step in a Global World
Mboje, Mjomba: Eastern African Women: Religious Victims, Economic Entrepreneurs ignored in Global Standards
11G
Western Esotericism and Polemics, (2) Jewish and Christian Kabbalah: A Battlefield of Identities and Rhetorics(0430)
Symposium, English
Convener: von Stuckrad, Kocku co-Convener:
Panelists:
von Stuckrad, Kocku: Christian Kabbalah and Anti-Jewish Polemics: Pico's Theses Revisited
Binet, Ana Maria: Between Apology and Criticism : The Treaty of Kabbalistic Science (1652) by D. Francisco Manuel de Melo (1608-1666)
11H
At the Forefront of Daoist Studies, (2) Current Studies of Daoist Ritual(0193)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Sunayama, Minoru Chairperson: Yamada, Toshiaki
Respondent(s): Matsuo, Kouichi
Panelists:
Asano, Haruji: The People Requesting Daoist Rituals and Daoist Priests
Maruyama, Hiroshi: Contemporary Taiwanese Taoist Ritual as Seen from the History of Ritual Documents
Lee, Fong-Mao: Plague-Eliminating Rituals (Wenjie) and Local Traditions in the Tainan Area in Taiwan
11I
International Comparison of Religious Conflicts, (2) The Rise of Religious Nationalism and Fundamentalism in a Grobalizing World(0114)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Nakano, Tsuyoshi
Panelists:
Awazu, Kenta: Nationalism as Collective Memory
Tong, Chee Kiong: Japanese New Religions in Singapore
Voyé, Liliane: Nationalistic Aspects of Policies of Some European Governments Concerning Religious Matters
11K
The Philosophy of Science and the Study of Religion: How can Methods and Theories from the Philosophy of Science Contribute to the Interpretation of Religious Data?, (2)(0425)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Rennie, Bryan Stephenson
Panelists:
Engler, Steven Joseph: Charting the Map Metaphor in Theory of Religion
Saler, Benson: Reduction, Integrated Theory, and the Study of Religion
Segal, Robert Alan: Does Contemporary Philosophy of Science Make the World Safe for Religious Studies?
Rennie, Bryan Stephenson: Myths, Models, and Metaphors
11L
Indigenous Religions and Environment: toward Sustainable Societies, (2)(0424)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Kimura, Takeshi co-Convener:
Panelists:
Arnold, Philip P.: Urgent Message from the Haudenosaunee on Behalf of Creation
Herzog-Schroeder, Gabriele: The Death of the Soul and the Shaman's Ancestors (Yanomami, Southern Venezuela)
Kimura, Takeshi: Religion, Environment, and Sustainability
Limon, Silvia Olvera: The Sacred Landscape at the Andes: Earth, Caves and Mountains
Ogunbile, David O.: Creation, Procreation and Re-creation: Earth, Motherhood and Indigenous Spirituality
Olajubu, Oyeronke: Gender and the Environment in Yoruba Religion: A Focus on Waterfalls
Olupona, Jacob: Ritual, Environment and African Religion
Torres, Yolotl González: Maize: the Life of Mesoamerican People
11M
Mahayana Buddhist Thought in Comparative Perspective(0442)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Yoshida, Hiroaki
Panelists:
Hirosawa, Takayuki: The Divine, Immanent in Human Being ~ on the Buddhist Notion“svayambh”
Ichishima, Shoshin: Slide Show of the Images of Buddha-Restored Mural Images of Dipankara Jataka
Shiba, Haruhide: Shinran’s Concept of Karmic Evel,Comparing with the Sin in Christianity
Yorizumi, Mitsuko: A Study of a Position of Ethics in Japanese Mahayana Buddhism
Yoshida, Osamu: Dharma Ocean – Dependent Origination and Sciences
Yoshida, Hiroaki: Reconstruction of Mahayana Views of Humans
11N
Conflict and Peace in the New Testament and Early Christianity(0080)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Onuki, Takashi Chairperson: Satou, Migaku
Panelists:
Aono, Tashio: Christian Belief and Violent Conflict
Haraguchi, Takaaki: A Tragic Farewell Discourse?: In Search of a New Understanding of Paul's Miletus Speech (Acts 20:18-35)
Lattke, Michael: Conflict and Peace in Paul’s Letter to the Galatians
Park, Heon-Wook: Israel and the Nation in Pauline Theology
11O
The Resurgence of Shari'ah in 21st Century Nigeria: Implications for Peace and Human Rights(0003)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Sanni, Amidu Chairperson: ter Haar, Gerrie
Respondent(s): Olupona, Jacob
Panelists:
Adetona, Mobolaji Lateef: The Role of Muslim Youth in the Implementation of the Sharia in Nigeria
Opeloye, Muhib Omolayo: The Full Implementation of Shariah in Nigeria and the Human Rights Question: What Implication for Christian-Muslim Relations?
Yahya, Muslih Tayo: The Demand for Shari‘ah in 21st Century Nigeria: Causalities and Consequences for Interfaith Peaceful Coexistence.
11P
Soul of Materia and Healing of the Psyche in Japanese Belief and Customs, (2)(0422)
Symposium, English, Japanese
Convener: Zitukawa, Mikiro
Panelists:
Hiraoka, Shoshu: Japanese View of Soul
Kaya, Wataru: Some Critiques on Winniccot's “transitional object” from the Pantheistic Point of View
Kojima, Yoshiyuki: Living Tools - The Concept of Tsukumogami in Japanese Folk Beliefs
Long, Charles: Religion, Materiality, and Modernity
Toda, Yuan: The Place of the Serpent in which Healing Occurs -Spiritual Regions of Stone, Water, and Trees
Watanabe, Toyokazu: The Power of Megaliths
11Q
Schleiermacher and Religions(0048)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Mizutani, Makoto Chairperson: Mizutani, Makoto
Respondent(s): Takamori, Akira
Panelists:
Choi, Shin-Hann: Schleiermacher and Asian Religions in View of Humanism or Religious Self-Formation and Self-Cultivation
Kawashima, Kenji: "Gefühl" as an Ecumenical Basis
Meckenstock, Günter: The Significance of Peace in Schleiermacher’s Theory of Religion
11R
Shamanic Practitioners in Contemporary Japan(0104)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Ikegami, Yoshimasa Chairperson: Ikegami, Yoshimasa
Respondent(s): Sasaki, Kohkan; Sato, Noriaki
Panelists:
Hasebe, Hachiro: Gyoja and Buddhism
Sato, Takehiro: Prayer for Personal Health and World Peace: Okinawa, Militarization, and Shamanic Practice
Schattschneider, Ellen: Doll Dedication and the Japanese War Dead: Memorialization, Repression and Shamanic Practice
Shiotsuki, Ryoko: Shamanic Practitioners and Mutual Aid Networks: Case Studies from the Ryukyu region
11S
Christian Hymnody and Peace(0061)
Symposium, English, Japanese
Convener: Yokosaka, Yasuhiko
Panelists:
Daw, Carl P. Jr.: The Theme of Peace in English-Language Hymnody
Kitamura, Soji: Peace Reflected in the Japanese Hymnody
Shimura, Takuo: German Hymnody and The Hymnal 21
11U
Structures of Salvation in Indian Tradition(0513)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Mukherjee, Asha
Panelists:
Beckerlegge, Gwilym Trevelyan: Responding to Conflict: The Limits of Activism in the Neo-Vedanta Tradition?
Burger, MK Maya: Karma Yoga Versus Rajayoga: Conflicts on the Way to Peace
O'Leary, Joseph Stephen: The Nonduality of Emptiness and Compassion in Mahayana Buddhism
Mukherjee, Asha: Religious Deontology and Consequential Analysis
11V
Religion and Social Welfare: Towards Social Engagement and Inter-religious Cooperation, (2)(0428)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese
Convener: Sakurai, Haruo
Panelists:
Fujimoto, Yorio: The Establishment, Extinction and Revival of Shinto-Shrines within Hansn’s Disease’s Medical Treatment Facilities
Hosoya, Sachiko: The Role of Islam in Welfare Activities of Voluntary Workers in an Iranian Welfare Institution
Itai, Masanari: A Common Field of Religious Culture and Welfare Culture in Japan
Kaneko, Akira: On Inter rReligious Cooperation and Social Engagement Activities by Federation of New Religious Organizations of Japan
Nose, Eisui: Social Contribution in Buddhism: Concerning the Movement of Chinese Buddhists in the China-Japan War
Session Number 12: 28 (mon) 16:30-18:30
12B
Discourse on Violence and War in the Islamic and Christian World(0068)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Zikmund, Barbara Brown Respondent(s): Ohtsuka, Kazuo; Sawai, Yoshitsugu
Panelists:
Mori, Koichi: President Bush’s War against Terrorism
Nakata, Ko Hassan: The Discourse on the Present Condition of the Islamic World and Jihad
Kohara, Katsuhiro: Discourse and Realpolitik on Monotheism and Polytheism
12C
Religion, Peace and the Media(0170)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Dorman, Benjamin Respondent(s): Hackett, Rosalind
Panelists:
Dahbany-Miraglia, Dina: Religion + Custom = Realities: Why Some Women Are Not in Cyberspace
Dorman, Benjamin: Peace or Pressure? Religious Reporting during the Occupation of Japan
DuBois, Thomas David: Local religion in Manchuria: Cultural imaginary and the popular press, 1908-1944
Nagashima, Keiichi: American Values in the World
Nakamura, Keishi: Religion, Peace, and Media: a Brief Sketch
12D
Ritual and Thought in New Korean Religions(0101)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Park, Kwangsoo
Panelists:
Hwang, Sun Myung: Some Remarks on the Characteristics of New Korean Religions
Lee, Gyungwon: The Sangsaeng (mutual Aid and Cooperation) and 'Daesoon Thought' as the New Idea of Peace in 21th Century
Lim, Taihong: Meanings of Religious Experiences in Dong Hak of the Chosun Dynasty
Park, Kwangsoo: A Symbolic System of the Ritual of Won-Buddhism (Hyorin-Kido)
Yoon, Suk San: The Foundation and Fundamental Theology of Chondokyo
12E
In Praise of Heterodoxy: Conflict as Catalyst Across Asian Religious Traditions(0020)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Drott, Edward
Panelists:
Drott, Edward: Disharmony in the Land of Wa: Challenging “Official” Buddhism in Pre-Modern Japan
Fuller, Jason Dale: Sweeping the Religious Marketplace: Creating and Contesting Vaisnava Orthodoxy in Nineteenth Century Bengal
Harding, John Sheldon: Fueling the Fire of Reform: Challenging Buddhist “Orthodoxy” in Modern Japan
Rodrigues, Hillary Peter: Durga: Hindu War Goddess of Peace
12F
Mythology and Folk Belief(0522)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Martin, Luther
Panelists:
Iwasaki, Maki: A Study of a Folk Belief in Middle Egypt: -a Fertility Ritual in Village “T” as a Case Study-
Nakazato, Satoshi: Traces of Norse Mythology in the Old Wooden Stave Churches in Norway
Näsström, Britt Mari: Who Were the Berserks?
Sugimoto, Tomotoshi: Disc-Holding Female Figurines from Palestine
12G
Western Esotericism and Polemics, (3) The Shaping of Esoteric Identities(0431)
Symposium, English
Convener: von Stuckrad, Kocku co-Convener:
Panelists:
Rodriguez Arribas, Josefina: Abraham ibn Ezra: Astronomical Spheres and the Ten Commandments of the Jewish Faith
Geffarth, Renko: The Masonic Necromancer: Shifting Identities in the Lives of Johann Georg Schrepfer
van Kreijl, Roelie: Western Esotericism Versus Science: a Riot in Early 19th-century Medicine
Harel, Anat: The Day Rome Will Not Curse Us, Is the Day Freemasonry Dies: Orthodox Catholicism and Dutch Masonic Identity, 1880-1910
12I
Joint Session with SISR in Honor of Dr.Abe, Dr. Anzai and Dr. Wilson: "The Dialogue among Civilizations through the Sociology of Religion"(0133)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Tajima, Tadaatsu Respondent(s): Pace, Vincenzo; Beyer, Peter
Panelists:
Beckford, James A.: Dialogue between Sociologists of Religion in Japan and Europe
Dobbelaere, Karel: Comparative Research
Inoue, Nobutaka: How Are the Concepts of "New Religion" and "NRM" Related Mutually?
12J
Religions and Care in Medical Contexts: The Comparative Studies of Spiritual Care beyond Cultures(0027)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Furusawa, Yumi Respondent(s): Mongoven, Ann; Mukhopadhyaya, Ranjana
Panelists:
Crislip, Andrew: Healing Traditions of Late Antique Egypt: Medicine and Religion in a Multicultural Society
Kawa, Masako: Spiritual Distress of Patients with Terminal Cancer in Japanese Palliative Care Units
Urasaki, Masayo: Spiritual Care in Buddhism: Considering Mutual Influences between Japan and Thailand
12K
The Construction of Religion(0220)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Walsh, Michael J.
Panelists:
Naidoo, Thillayvel: God and Pentacyclic Revelation
Thurfjell, David: Postcolonial Perspectives on Religious Outsidership in Secularized European Societies
Tomizawa, Kana: The Understanding of Religion in Indology under the British Raj
Walsh, Michael J.: Violent Frontiers: Religion and Conflict in Nineteenth-Century China and Southern Africa
12L
Indigenous Religions and Environment: Voices from the Indigenous Onondaga People(0183)
Roundtable session, English
Convener: Kimura, Takeshi
Panelists:
Arnold, Philip
Gonyea, Wendy
Herzog-Schroeder, Gabriele
King, Joyce
Limon, Silvia Olvera
Jo Ag Quis Ho
Ogungbile, David
Olajubu, Oyeronke
Torres, Yolotl González
Waterman, Denise
12M
Modern Japanese Buddhism and Pan-Asianism(0024)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Kawase, Takaya
Panelists:
Kawase, Takaya: Jodo Shinshu Missionaries in Colonial Korea; Mission of Civilization?
Osawa, Koji: The International Buddhist Society and the Notion of ‘East Asian Buddhism’
Otani, Eiichi: Missionary activities of Nichiren Buddhism in East Asia
Tsujimura, Shinobu: Fujii Nichidatsu's Buddhistic Pan-Asianism in Manchuria and India
12N
Religious Struggle and Dialogue in Ancient Christianity(0069)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Demura, Miyako Chairperson: Demura, Kazuhiko
Panelists:
Adachi, Hiroaki: Asceticism and Women's Freedom in Late Antiquity
Demura, Miyako: Religious Struggle and Dialogue in Origen of Alexandria
Suzuki, Jun: The Philosophical and Theological Identity of Evagrius
Toda, Satoshi: Why was Evagrius esoteric?
12O
Islamic Views on War and Peace, (2)(0208)
Organized Panel, French, English
Chairperson: Shiojiri, Kazuko
Panelists:
Bayani, Ali Asghar: Does Islam Crave for War?
Elmi, Qorban: Peace and War from Islamic Viewpoint
Gardaz, Michel: The Islamic Tradition and the Contemporary Western Study of Religion: The Challenge of Muslim Intellectuals
Motabagani, Mazin S.: Globalization and the National Identity: An Islamic Perspective
12P
Varieties of Tokugawa Religion(0032)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese
Convener: Hayashi, Makoto Respondent(s): Mohr, Michel
Panelists:
Hatakama, Kazuhiro: Shinto and the Shirakawa Family during the Late Tokugawa Era
Higashibaba, Ikuo: Christian Prayer in Tokugawa Japan
Sawada, Janine T. A.: Physical Disciplines in Late Tokugawa Religion
Williams, Duncan: The Many Facets of Tokugawa Soto-shu; Zen
12Q
Gabriel Marcel and the 21st Century(0036)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Convener: Kobayashi, Kei
Panelists:
Kamiishi, Manabu: La Plénitude de L’Être et le Salut par les Drames de Marcel
Kobayashi, Kei: Sur <<je et tu>> chez Marcel (Une Nouvelle Approche)
Tsukada, Sumiyo: La Paix au delà de la Tolérance chez Gabriel Marcel
12R
The Role of Religion in Identity Formation, (2)(0216)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Wicker, Kathleen O'Brien
Panelists:
Munk, Kirstine: Signs of the Times: Identity Formation and the Use of Astrology in a Globalized World
Utriainen, Terhi Pepita: Dress: Shield or Weapon? Metaphorical Perspective to Embodied Religious Identity
Wicker, Kathleen O'Brien: Indigenous Churches and Religious Peace in Ghana(*co-author with Opoku, Kofi Asare)
*Opoku, Kofi Asare: Indigenous Churches and Religious Peace in Ghana(*co-author with Wicker, Kathleen O'Brien)
12S
Religious Dimensions of War and Peace(0231)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Afolayan, Funso Stephen
Panelists:
Afolayan, Funso Stephen: For God and the Nation: Religion and Ethno-Political Violence in Modern Nigeria, 1985-2004
Keul, István: Religious Persecution in East Central Europe: The Case of the Sabbatarians
Merdjanova, Ina Nestorova: Religious Dimensions of War and Peace in the Balkans after 1989
Thoha, Anis Malik: Discourse of Religious Pluralism in Indonesia
12T
Inter-Religious Response to Historical, Social, and Psychological Challenges(0318)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Chairperson: Kishino, Hisashi
Panelists:
Ishikawa, Tomoko: "The Jesus of History" in Schleiermacher
Kishino, Hisashi: Papal Nuncio Francis Xavier's Tasks under the Portuguese Padroado
Murakami, Sadayuki: General Completion or Eschatology from Christian Ethics
12U
New Approaches in the Study of Religion(0526)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Reinders, Eric
Panelists:
Reinders, Eric: The Corpse and the Idol in Victorian Missionary and Military Cultures
12V
Ritual and Power in Asia(0527)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Nakabeppu, Harukazu
Panelists:
Koga, Mayuri: Generative Myth: In the Case of the Muttappan Cult in South India
Nakabeppu, Harukazu: Coherence and Modification of Religious Meanings - An Analysis of Prayers in Zoroastrian Parsis in Navsari, Gujarat, India -
Payne, Richard: Subduing Demons: The Shingon Abhicaraka Homa
Teshima, Hideki: Food Offerings in Asvamedha: From Main Ritual of the Ancient Indian Horse Sacrifice
Session Number 13: 29 (tue) 11:00-13:00
13B
Minorities against Majorities: Existence and Survival of the Religious Identity in South and South-east Asia(0408)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Lochan, Amarjiva
Panelists:
Hasan, Perween: Cultural Accommodation and Architectural Styles in Pre-Modern Bengal
Lochan, Amarjiva: Brahmanas among Buddhist Monks: a tale of Survival in Thai Society
Nandadeva, Bilinda Devage: Buddist Art of Colonial Ceylon: Adaptation and Survival Strategy of a Marginalized Religious Majority
Vibha, Chaturvedi: In Defense of Religious Pluralism
13C
Religion and Wars(0106)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Ogoshi, Aiko
Panelists:
Igeta, Midori: The Emperor as the Symbol of the Purity or the Innocence of the Japanese
Kim, Seong Nae: Countering the Historical Violence: Women’s Rites of Mourning in Korea
Kwon, Heonik: Liberation from Grievous Death in Central Vietnam
Ogoshi, Aiko: What Can Religions Do for Victims of Warfare and Violence?
13D
Chinese Religion and Peace(0178)
Organized Panel, Chinese, English, Japanese(* simultaneous interpretation)
Convener: Zhang, Xinying
Panelists:
Liu, Chengyou: A Brief Study on Master Yin Shun’s Pure-Land Thought
Zhang, Xinying: Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained; Perpetuate our Name, Glorify our Parents: Liu Zhengcheng’s Later Years Described in the Letters of Liu Fucheng
Zou, Changlin: Ancient Chinese States and the Thought of Peace under the Heaven
13E
Buddhism in Indian History Revisited(0089)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Hosaka, Shunji Respondent(s): Shimoda, Masahiro
Panelists:
Biswas, Subhasis: The Complexities of Buddism in North Indian Society - Decline or a New Form of Existence: A Historical Analysis
Mahua, Sarkar: Esoteric Buddism in India: A Historical Perspective
Bernardin John, Maria: Decline of Buddism in the Tamil Country
Sugiki, Tsunehiko: “Theories of Pilgrimage in Esoteric Buddhism in South Asia”
13F
Religion, the Sacred, and Spaces of Contestation, Segregation and Difference, (1)(0124)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Knott, Kim Chairperson: Geaves, Ron
Panelists:
Anttonen, Veikko Kalevi: Space, Body, and the Notion of Boundary: A Category-Theoretical Approach to the Issue of Sacrality
Knott, Kim: Left and Right Hands as Spaces of Difference and Contestation for Religion
Kunin, Seth D.: Contested Models of Sacred Space in Biblical and Rabbinic Culture
13G
Western Esotericism and Polemics, (4) Western Esotericism and Scholarship(0432)
Symposium, English
Convener: von Stuckrad, Kocku co-Convener:
Panelists:
Hallacker, Anja: Secret and Knowledge - How to Construct an ‘Esoteric’ Identity
Godwin, Joscelyn: Esotericism and Cultural Identity in the Neo-Pagan Movement
Stasulane, Anita: The Search for Universal Peace: N. Roerich's Case
Hanegraaff, Wouter J.: Anti-Esoteric Polemics in Academic Discourse
13I
Contemporary Movements of Religion(0520)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Clarke, Peter Bernard
Panelists:
Golding, Douglas James: Popular Culture, Religion and Spirituality in Australia
Low, Sorching: D.T. Suzuki and John Cage in the Making of American Zen in the 1950s
Tekel, Rose: Hermenn Hesse and Post-Modern Religion Language
Yao, Yushuang: The Appeal and Development of Religious Movement in Contemporary Taiwan
13J
Modern Medicine and Spirituality(0120)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Ueda, Noriyuki Chairperson: Ueda, Noriyuki
Panelists:
Hino, Okio: Thinking about Cancer Philosophy
Kato, Shinzo: Spirituality in Practical Medicine
Mongoven, Ann: "Gift of Life" or "Relay of Life?": Religious Influence on Organ Donation/Transplantation Policy, U.S.-Japan.
Steineck, Christian Carl: Spirituality and Modern Medicine: Friends or Foes? A Philosophical Analysis
13K
Revisiting the Insider and Outsider Approaches to the Study of Religion(0188)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Khan, Abrahim H.
Panelists:
Balasubramaniam, Arun: The Dichotomy Thesis and the Scientific Study of Religion
Jensen, Jeppe Sinding: The Insider/Outsider Problem as Hoax in the History of Religions
McCutcheon, Russell: Swapping Stories, Drawing Boundaries: The Limits of the Insider/Outsider Problem
Ryba, Tom: Phenomenology as Insider Trading: How Empathy is the Key to the Religious “Skin Trade”
13L
The Role of Religion in the Social and Political Conditions in Africa(0282)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Swart, Ignatius
Panelists:
Adekunle, Julius O.: Unifier or Divider? Religion, Politics, and the Search for Peace in Nigeria
Erasmus, Johannes Christoffel: Confronting the Challenge of Social Exclusion/Inclusion in South Africa Through Religion
Gullin-Hofstedt, Britta: Messianic Time and Messianic Place. Cognitive Aspects in Global Context
Swart, Ignatius: The Social Development Challenge in South Africa: Mobilizing Grassroots Religion through a Participatory Action Research(PAR) Methodology
13M
Formation of the Buddhist Theory of Meaning: An Interaction between Dignāga, Bhāviveka, and Dharmakīrti(0194)
Organized Panel
Convener: Saito, Akira Respondent(s): Katsura, Syoryu
Panelists:
Saito, Akira: Bhāviveka's Theory of Perception and Meaning
Tillemans, Tom: From Dignāga to Dharmakīrti on Apoha : How Do the Major Themes Cohere?
Ueda, Noboru: On Dignāga's Hierarchical Understanding of śabdārtha
13N
Multicultural Situations and the Formation of Christianity in the Ancient Mediterranean World, (1)(0039)
Symposium, English
Convener: Katayanagi, Eiichi
Panelists:
Kuyama, Michihiko: Origen and the Ethics of War
Mizugaki, Wataru: The Role of the Wise in the Formation of Early Christian Thought
Muto, Shinichi: Christianity as a Local Culture in Fourth-Century Iraq: Its Self-Identity as a Minority
13O
A Critical Reappraisal of Religious Pluralism and of the Presence of Islam in the United States(0001)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Landres, J. Shawn Respondent(s): Lawrence, Bruce B.
Panelists:
Ben Hadj Salem, Hajer: Beyond Herberg: The Abrahamic Model and the Islamic Foundations of Religious Pluralism in the United States
Boztemur, Recep: Religious Diversity, Multiculturalism, and American Secularism: A Debate on Religious Pluralism in Contemporary American Society
El Sharkawy, Pakinam: Muslims as a Minority and the American Political System
13P
Japanese Religious Practice in Social and Historical Context(0250)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Sekimori, Gaynor
Panelists:
Andrews, Dale Kenneth: The Sociological Aspect of Tatari (Curse) in Rural Japan
Sekimori, Gaynor: Wooden Fowl and Paper Fish: The Separation of Kami and Buddha Worship in Haguro Shugendo, 1868-1875
Tatsuguchi, Kyoko: Methods of Making a Retireat (Sanro) in a Temple to Ask for a Revelation
Yonei, Teruyoshi: The History of Research of ‘Goryo’ Beliefs
13Q
Reflections on the Study of Zen Buddhism(0510)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Nobuhara, Tokiyuki
Panelists:
Hataway, James Earl: D.T. Suzuki and the Academy: Has Scholarship Done Its Job?
Kimura, Toshihiko: Rudolf Otto on Zen Buddhism
Nobuhara, Tokiyuki: Ignorance--Christian and Buddhist: Reinterpreting Anselm's Proslogion in the Light of D. T. Suzuki's Zen Thought
Welter, Albert Franklin: Defining Orthodoxy in the Chan/Zen Tradition
13R
Aspects of Religion and Violence(0528)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Bachika, Reimon
Panelists:
Bachika, Reimon: Future Boundaries and Segregations in the Religious Sphere: Focusing on Symbolizations and Values
Kirika, Gerishon: Religion and Capital Punishment
Levering, Miriam: The Sanctification of Hiroshima: Commemorating the Manhattan Project and Religious Studies in Oak Ridge
Verma, Shudhanshu Kumar: Impact of Various Religious Cults on the Origin of War
13S
Religious Conflict and Art(0002)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Weststeijn, Matthijs Arie
Panelists:
Freitas, Maria-Otavia: Constructing the Association between Religion and Conflict
Van den Doel, Marieke: Inspiration and Imagination: Marsilio Ficino’s Influence on 16th Century
Weststeijn, Matthijs Arie: Iconoclasm, Calvinism and the Depiction of the Visible World
13T
Imagistic Modes of Religiosity in the Graeco-Roman World, (1)(0084)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Pachis, Panayotis co-Convener:
Panelists:
Gragg, Douglas L.: Another People. The Roman Senate’s Suppression of the Cult of Bacchus in 186 BCE
Martin, Luther: Introduction: The Theory of Divergent Modes of Religiosity and Historical Research
Griffith, Alison Bond: The Imagistic Mode in Roman State Religion
Casadio, Giovanni: Dionysus' Image in the Post-Modern Age
Berner, Ulrich: The Imagistic Tradition of Dionysos in the Graeco-Roman World
13U
Tillich and Theology of Peace(0033)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Convener: Imai, Naoki Respondent(s): Ashina, Sadamichi
Panelists:
Imai, Naoki: Tillich's Thought of Peace
Iwaki, Akira: Tillich’s Religious Socialism and the Problem of Nationalism
Kondo, Go: Theology of Justice: Theological Foundation of Peace through the Concept of Justice in Paul Tillich’s Works
Maekawa, Yoshinori: Peace in Advanced Technical Societies
Takahashi, Ryoichi: Hope for Peace
13V
Religion, Migration, African Diaspora(0440)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Adogame, Afe Unuose
Panelists:
Adogame, Afe Unuose: Why Worry When You Can Pray to Daddy? African Churches on Spiritual Warpath in Germany
Bongmba, Elias: African Churches in Houston
Harding, Rachel: Migrations of the Spirit: Meanings of Diasporic Identity among African American Candomblé Devotees
Onovoh, Paul Onyemechi: The Igbo Sabbath Movement, Traditions, Spread and Relevance: A Brief Survey
Session Number 14: 29 (tue) 14:00-16:00
14B
Scriptural Interpretation and Politics(0018)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Teshima, Isaiah Chairperson: Kohara, Katsuhiro
Respondent(s): Usuki, Akira
Panelists:
Ikeda, Yutaka: In Search of an Original Position in the Field of Biblical Studies
Nakata, Ko Hassan: Interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures and Politics in Islam
Teshima, Isaiah: Democracy and Ancient Judaism: from a Sectarian Schism to a Rabbinic Unity
Ueno, Osamu: Faith and Reason in Spinoza's Tractatus Theologico-Politicus
14C
Religion, Conflict and Peace(0283)
Organized Panel, French
Chairperson: Boutchich, Brahim El Kadiri
Panelists:
Adibelli, Ramazan: A Model of Ethnico-Religious Cohabitation in the XIXth Century: Turks, Greeks, Armenians, Moslems, Catholics, Orthodoxes and Protestants at Kayseri (Turkey)
Aydin, Mehmet: Le Rôle des Religions d’Empêcher la Violence
Boutchich, Brahim El Kadiri: Peace And Coexistence Between Muslims And Christians In North Africa In The Middle Ages
Kucuk, Abdurrahman: Tolerance and Islam
14D
Aspects of Chinese Religions(0427)
Organized Panel, Chinese, English, Japanese(* simultaneous interpretation)
Convener: Yoshihara, Kazuo
Panelists:
Shan, Chun: The Characteristics of Buddha Nature in Zen Buddhism
Suzuki, Takeo: On Taoist Theory of 'Qi'
Wang, Ka: Taoist Ethics and Modern Society
Yoshihara, Kazuo: Networking of a Chinese Popular Religion in Thailand, Malaysia, and China
14E
The Role of the Roman Catholic Church in Historical Change in the Philippines(0014)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Miranda, Evelyn A.
Panelists:
Apilado, Digna Balangue: A Historical Interpretation: Pre-Christian Beliefs and Practices Among Catholic Ilocanos
Ignacio, Violeta Suarez: Spanish Methods of Religious Conversion in the Philippines
Mibolos, Dolly L.: Spanish Missionaries in The Development of a Philippine Community
Miranda, Evelyn A.: Indigenization of Christianity in the Philippines: The Case of the “Turumba” in Pakil Town of Laguna Province
Uy Choco, Guadalupe S.: Contemporary Filipino Christianity: the Philippine Experience of 1986
14F
Religion, the Sacred, and Spaces of Contestation, Segregation and Difference, (2)(0401)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Knott, Kim Chairperson: Geaves, Ron
Panelists:
Geaves, Ron: The Body as a Site of Contested Narratives: The Role of Kavati Rituals amongst Murugan Devotees in Tamil Diasporas
Kong, Lily: Processions and Pilgrimages: Politics and Poetics
Prideaux, Melanie: A Space of Interfaith Encounter in a Northern English City
Sekine, Yasumasa: Sacralisation of the Urban Footpath, with Special Reference to Footpath Temples in Chennai City, South India
14G
Occultism - Provocation and Appeasement(0007)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Bogdan, Carl Henrik George
Panelists:
Bogdan, Carl Henrik George: Challenging the Morals of Western Society: The Use of Ritualised Sex in Contemporary Occultism
Miles, Christopher John: Journeying into the Neither-Neither: The ‘Death Posture’ of Austin Osman Spare and the Establishment of Neo-Shamanic Identity
Pasi, Marco: Definitions of Occultism: A Methodological Survey
Starr, Martin P.: Chaos from Order -Cohesion and Conflict in the Post-Crowley Occult Continuum
14I
Author Meets Critics: The Impossibility of Religious Freedom(0185)
Roundtable session, English
Convener: Hackett, Rosalind Respondent(s): Sullivan, Winnifred Fallers
Panelists:
Asad, Taral
Moosa, Ebrahim
Hackett, Rosalind
Kimura, Takeshi
Kippenberg, Hans G.
Richardson, James T.
14J
Religion and Healing, (1)(0243)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Sullivan, Lawrence E.
Panelists:
Park, Sang un: Body as a Cultural Symbol or More than it: the Power of Healing Ritual in Contemporary Korean Society
Suzuki, Nanami: Vegetarianism and Nature Religion in 19th Century America.: A Struggle for Health Reform
Sweetman, Will: Green Orientalism
Tanatsugu, Masakazu: The Crossover between Religion and Medical Care
14K
Application of Systematic Modeling for Religious Research(0035)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese
Convener: Watanabe, Mitsuharu Respondent(s): Takei, Junsuke
Panelists:
Doi, Hiroto: Application of Modeling to Religious Studies
Iwai, Hiroshi: Dynamics of Religious System: Centrifugal and Centripetal
Watanabe, Mitsuharu: Application of Formal Logic or Mathematical Modeling for Religion
14L
Religion and Conflict Management in Ghana(0192)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Dovlo, Elom
Panelists:
Akrong, A. Abraham: The Discourse of Human Rights in the Context of Ghanaian Traditional Religious Values and Norms
Atiemo, Abamfo: Punish My Husband But Not so Hard: Religious and Customary Values and the Legal Approach to Human Rights in Ghana
Ganussah, Rebecca: Religion as a Paradoxical Factor of Conflict, War and Peace
14M
Researches on Sanskrit Philology(0512)
Organized Panel, English, French
Chairperson: Marui, Hiroshi
Panelists:
Azami, Noriaki: The concepts of Samaropa and Apavada in the Doctrine of the Three Self-natures
Imanishi, Junkichi: The Bhagavadgītā and Buddhism
Marui, Hiroshi: A Point of Contact between Indian Philosophy and Religion: the Meaning of MahAjana-parigraha in the Justification of the Vedic Scriptures
Rukmani, Trichur: Tension between Himsa (Violence) and Ahimsa (Non-Violence) in Hindu Thought
14N
Multicultural Situations and the Formation of Christianity in the Ancient Mediterranean World, (2)(0406)
Symposium, English
Convener: Mizugaki, Wataru
Panelists:
Katayanagi, Eiichi: The Plutonian One and the God of Augustine as Trinity
Nakanishi, Kyoko: Christian Invectives against Julian in Context of Late Antique Religious Culture
Takeda, Fumihiko Francis: Ephrem's Theological Approach to God
14O
The Dialogue among Religious Discourses in Brazil(0142)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Beldi de Alcântara, Maria de Lourdes
Panelists:
Beldi de Alcântara, Maria de Lourdes: The Construction of Pentecostal Discourse among the Kaiowá
Galvão, Walnice Nogueira: Religious hybridism in Brazilian Literature: Euclides da Cunha, Guimarães Rosa, Jorge Amado
Matsuoka, Hideaki: Spirit and Self-Cultivation: On the Acceptance of the Church of World Messianity, a Japanese New Religion in Brazil
14P
Aspects of Japanese Religiosity(0501)
Organized Panel, English, French
Chairperson: Mohr, Michel
Panelists:
Hosaka, Takahiro: Les Japonais, la Vénération de la Nature
Nishitani, Kosuke: On “Nipponism” – The Fundamental Religious Dimension of the Japanese
Saito, Takashi: The Ghosts in Rakugo -<Fear>and<Nomination>-
14Q
Reflections on the Study of Dogen Zen(0511)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Tsuchida, Tomoaki
Panelists:
Babkova, Maya: The Doctrine of Equality of Keizan Zenji and its Importance for Modern Society
Papalexandropoulos, Stylianos: Remarks on the Attempts to Interpret Dogen Zen through Tracing its Ancestry
Tsuchida, Tomoaki: For a Religious Person to Utter: Dogen’s View of Parole
14R
Religious Sites and Pilgrimage(0204)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Leppakari, Maria
Panelists:
Dewey, William Joseph: Africans in India: Worship at the 'Tombs' of Baba Ghor
Leppakari, Maria: The Jerusalem Syndrome: Pilgrimage, Psychopathology and Apocalyptic Positions
Mederos, Aníbal Arguelles: C.D. Modupé
Terado, Junko: Religion in Face of “Public” and “Private”: Three “Public” Spheres of Lourdes Pilgrimage
14S
Religion and Art(0070)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Yokosaka, Yasuhiko
Panelists:
Imamura, Nobutaka: French Academic Discourse on Painting and the Fidelity to the Bible
Ishikawa, Akito: Religion and Art in Paul Tillich
Llera Blanes, Ruy: Music as Discourse. On Gypsy Pentecostal Music and its Configurations
Yokosaka, Yasuhiko: Current Trends in English-Language Christian Hymns: Seeking New Criteria for Survival
14T
Imagistic Modes of Religiosity in the Graeco-Roman World, (2)(0429)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Pachis, Panayotis co-Convener:
Respondent(s): Whitehouse, Harvey
Panelists:
Braun, Willi: Modes of Religiosity and Theories of Persuasion
Pachis, Panayotis: Imagistic Modes of Religiosity in the Cult of Isis/Sarapis during the Graeco Roman Era
Thomassen, Einar: Imagistic and Doctrinal Dimensions of Christian Gnostic Ritual
Lisdorf, Anders: Traumatic Rites in the Cult of Attis
Whitehouse, Harvey: Imagistic Modes of Religiosity in the Graeco-Roman World
14U
Music and Religion in the Middle East(0073)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Yayama, Kumiko
Panelists:
Iino, Lisa: A Factor Demarcating the Sacred and the Secular in Aleppian Musical Tradition
Seroussi, Edwin: Between Sacred and Mundane in the Musical Culture of the Sephardi Jews
Tsuge, Gen'ichi: Attitudes towards Music of the Shiite Muslims in Iran
14V
Tribal Religion at the Crossroad in the Indian Subcontinent(0099)
Roundtable session, English
Convener: Oraon, Karma
Panelists:
Choudhary, Paras Kumar: Religion of the Munda Tribe: Traditions and Modernity
Session Number 15: 29 (tue) 16:30-18:30
15C
Peace Studies in Buddhism(0509)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Swanson, Paul L.
Panelists:
Hattori, Kozui: Nirvana and Peace
Hosaka, Shunji: Meaning of Japanese Buddhistic Thought on Leniency and Religious Symbiosis in Modern Society
Murakami, Shinkan: Calmness as a Dominant Trend of Buddhism when Contrasted to Other Religions
Odagawa, Masako: From Conflict to Peace: the Buddhist Philosophy of Kukai
15D
New Chinese Religions in Perspective(0189)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Irons, Edward A. Respondent(s): Wessinger, Catherine
Panelists:
Chan, Kim-kwong: A New Messiah - The Eastern Lightening Sect
Melton, Gordon: The True Buddha School: A Vajrayana Revitalization Movement?
Irons, Edward A.: Hot Pot or Big Mac? Towards a Classification of Chinese NRMs
15E
Case Studies in Conflict Resolution(0229)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Neu, Rainer
Panelists:
Abe, Toshihiro: Search for Reconciliation in a Transitional Society: The South African Case
Arap Chepkwony, Adam Kiplangat: Forgiveness: The Divine Gift of Healing and Reconciliation
Kelbessa, Workineh: War, Ethics and Indigenous Methods of Conflict Resolution
Neu, Rainer: The Peace Pact System and the Peace Pact Holder in Kalinga Society (Philippines)
15F
New Religious Movements in the Caribbean in the Context of Neoliberal Globalization(0135)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Calzadilla, Jorge Ramirez
Panelists:
Calzadilla, Jorge Ramirez: The So-Called NRM: the Breaking up of Solidarity and the Religious Protest; Aggression against the Latin American and Caribbean Identity
Curbelo, Juana Berges: The New Religious Movements in the Changes of the Latin American and Caribbean Religiosity
Erdely Graham, Jorge: Apocalytism, Messianism, and Violence in Contemporary Latin America
Jiménez Berrios, Sonia: The New Age and Oriental Religions: a Caribbean Approach
Mederos, Aníbal Arguelles: The Religious Expressions in Cuba: Changes and Perspectives
15G
Violence and non-Violence in South Asia(0502)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Peste, Jonathan
Panelists:
Deegalle, Mahinda: Buddhist Responses to Violence: Contemporary Situation in Creating Peace in Sri Lanka
Patil, Bal: The Evolution of Sramanic Jain Tradition and Its Impact on Indic Civilisation and Religious Fundamentalism
Peste, Jonathan: Comparing "Strong" Religious Movements using Political Violence - The Cases of Jewish and Singhalese Radicalism
Sankarnarayan, Kalpakam: Buddhist, Meditation in the Context of Present Globalization
Werner, Karel: Buddhism and Peace - Historical and Comparative Perspective
15I
The Religious Situation in East Asia and Social Justice: Mu-Kyokai Christianity in Japan and South Korea(0108)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Convener: Ashina, Sadamichi Respondent(s): Hazama, Yoshiki; Kim, Seung Chul
Panelists:
Imataki, Norio: Mu-Kyokai Christianity in Japan and Social Justice - Around Michiko Ito's Praxis -
Iwano, Yusuke: Kanzo Uchimura on Christianity and Social Justice
Kim, Moon-Gil: Mu-Kyokai Christianity in Korea and the Social Justice in Kim Kyo-Shin
Park, Hyun-Suk: The Origins of 'Ssial Thought' in Ham Sochon: With Special Emphasis on the Influence of Gandhi
15J
Religion and Healing, (2)(0244)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Mongoven, Ann
Panelists:
Inoue, Yoshiyasu: Religion and Discrimination: A Case Study of One Buddhist Division
Nakada, Naomichi: Meeting of the Religious Theory and the Pharmacological Theory - An Aspect of
Shirayama, Yoshihisa: Modern Medicine and Indigenous Beliefs concerning Traditional Healing; Malaria Control Alongside Sadsana-Phee in Laos
Yasui, Takeshi: Spiritual Care and the Rights of the Terminally Ill in Japan: Perspectives from Buddhism and Christianity
15K
Critiques of Religious Studies from Economics, Cognitive Science, and Philosophy(0224)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Alles, Gregory D. Respondent(s): Martin, Luther
Panelists:
Alles, Gregory D.: The Cost of Religious Concepts: The Potential Application of Economics in the Cognitive Study of Religion
Bocking, Brian: ‘Mysticism’ Revisited in the Light of ‘Experience’
Lisdorf, Anders: Promiscuous Application of ToM Inferences Could Explain the Production of Meaning in Divinatory Techniques
15L
Local and Global Aspects of Religion and Art: The Case of Self-Taught/Outsider Art(0434)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Girardot, Norman Respondent(s): Long, Charles
Panelists:
Morris, Randell: Spirituality in African-American Vernacular Art
Parker, David: Spirituality and Trans-Cultural Phenomena in the Image of the Artist Outsider
Rhodes, Colin: On ‘World Art’
Girardot, Norman: Particular and Universal Aspects of Visionary Expression in Outsider Art: With Special Reference to Howard Finster's Vision of 1982
15M
Pure Land Buddhism and Sacred Biography(0023)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Bathgate, Michael R.
Panelists:
Bathgate, Michael R.: Telling Practices: The Narrative Implications of Other Power in Shin Buddhist Biography
Blum, Mark L.: Biography as Scripture: The Role of Ojoden in Legitimizing the Pure Land Teaching
Miyamoto, Youtaro: Ojoden and Taishiden: An Aspect of the Development of Sacred Biographies in Japan
Rhodes, Robert F.: Nihon Ojo Gokurakuki, Ojoyoshu and the Construction of Pure Land Discourse in Heian Japan
15N
The Reception and Transformation of Philosophical Traditions in Intellectual Milieu of Three Monotheistic Religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam(0176)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Katsumata, Naoya Chairperson: Ichikawa, Hiroshi
Panelists:
Gencheva-Mikami, Iskra V.: Persecutions on the Balkans: past and present
Katsumata, Naoya: The Reception and Transformation of Greek Learning in Medieval Judaism
Takahashi, Hidemi: Eternity of the World in the Theological and Philosophical Works of Barhebraeus
15O
Religious Dimensions of Wars in Africa(0274)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Ellis, Stephen Derek
Panelists:
Ellis, Stephen Derek: Religion in War and Peace in Liberia
Gaiya, Musa A. B.: The Use of Mystical Powers in Kutep/Jukun Conflicts in Northern Nigeria
Munk, Kirstine: Why Men Make Love to Ugly Women: The Relationship between Religion, War, and Magic Reconsidered
Muthei, Ruth: Resolving Conflicts in the Quest for Peace in Pentecostal and African Instituted Churches Founded by Women
15P
Torelance and Intorelance toward Other Religions(0529)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Naidoo, Thillayvel
Panelists:
Aneer, Gudmar: Power Structures, Identity and Fear in Processes of Religious Dialogue
Jacobs, Steven Leonard: The Last Uncomfortable Question: Monotheistic Exclusivism and Textual Superiority in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as Sources of Hate and Genocide
Seiwert, Hubert: The Elimination of Heresy and the Dynamics of Religions
15Q
Possibilities of Buddhist Thoughts, (2)(0519)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Hino, Shoun
Panelists:
Hino, Shoun: Salvation and Nembutsu
Ishida, Hoyu: Particularity and Universality Revealed in Shinran’s Teachings: Overcoming Exclusiveness
Kobai, Eiken: Shinran's View of Evil and of Fellowship
Tani, Sumi: About the Universal Significance of the "Middle Way"-From the Point of View of Russian Religious Philosophy-
15R
Conquests and State Religions in Ancient Mesoamerica(0167)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Sugiyama, Saburo Respondent(s): Araki, Michio
Panelists:
Carrasco, David: The Images of Quetzalcoatl in the Spanish Conquest of Mexico
Lopez, Leonardo: Conquests, Human Sacrifices, and the Aztec Great Temple
Sugiyama, Saburo: Militarism Human Sacrifice, and the Pyramids in Teotihuacan
15S
Study of Tantrism(0504)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Takashima, Jun
Panelists:
Khanna, Madhu: The Goddess at War: A Hermeneutical Interpretation of War & Peace in Hindu & Tantric Myths
Olson, Carl: Violence, Myth, and Bodily Fluids: A Case Study of the Hindu Goddess Lalita and Her Tantric Context
Porcio, Tibor: Benevolent and Fierce Deities: On the Concept of the Demonic in Tantric Buddhism
15T
Interpretations of Ancient Texts in a Comparative Perspective(0281)
Organized Panel, English, French
Chairperson: Guittard, Charles
Panelists:
Belayche, Nicole: Images de Paiens et Ideologie Chretienne a Trazers une Etude de Cas
Guittard, Charles: Problemes de la Guerre a Rome: Bellum Pium Iustumque.
Hendrikx, Valerie: Fas and Nefas : Religious Aspects of the Roman Night
15U
Christian Views on Dialogue and Peace(0514)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Lattke, Michael
Panelists:
Damian, Theodor: The Divine Trinity as Paradigm for Ideal Human Relationships: An Orthodox Perspective
Mortensen, Viggo: Global Christianity is Changing. How Do These Changes Influence Conflict and Peace?
Ochiai, Hitoshi: Mathematical Analysis of Religions
15V
Identity of Tribes of Jharkhand (India) through Their Participation at Religious Ceremonies and Festivals(0100)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Singh, Kameshwar Prasad
Panelists:
Anuj, B.: Snake Festival - A Cultural Identity in Tribes of Jhahkhand
Choudhary, Paras Kumar: Socio-Cultural Dimension of Munda Tribes and its Changes
Singh, Asha: Impact of Globalisation and Urbanisation on the Cultural Dimension of Tribes of Jharkhand (India)
Singh, Kameshwar Prasad: Identity of Tribes of Jharkhand (India) through Their Participation at Festivals & Ceremonies
Session Number 16: 30 (wed) 11:00-13:00
16B
The Study of Religion as Politically Constituted(0436)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: McCutcheon, Russell Respondent(s): Masuzawa, Tomoko
Panelists:
Fitzgerald, Timothy: Religion and Early European Colonialism: 'Religion' and Other Categories in 16th and 17th Century Travel Journals
Isomae, Jun'ichi: The Character of Religious Studies in Japan
Llewellyn, J. E.: The ‘Universal Religion of Human Values': Teaching (about) Religion in the U.S and India
McCutcheon, Russell: The Domestication of Dissent: Pundits? Contributions to the War on Terrorism?
16C
The Representation of Religions and the Negotiation of Conflict and Peace(0019)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Alberts, Wanda Respondent(s): Pye, Michael
Panelists:
Alberts, Wanda: The Representation of Religions in European Integrative Religious Education
Dessi, Ugo: Conflicting Notions of Peace: the Interplay between Institutionalized Religions and the Mission of Secular States
Hoehe, Sybille: Soka Gakkai and the Distillation of “Value” in the Japanese Educational system
Porcu, Elisabetta: Representations and Self-Representations of Religion in the Japanese Context
16D
Religious Conflicts and Peace from the View of Taoism(0403)
Organized Panel, Chinese, English, Japanese(* simultaneous interpretation)
Convener: Qing, Xitai
Panelists:
Li, Gang: The Philosophical Foundation for Avoiding Religious Conflicts in Taoism: Theories of the Common Import of the Three Teachings
Qin, Weigang: 'Qiwanbutong' in Huanglao School
Qing, Xitai: Taoist Cultures and Global Peace
Zhang, Qin: The View on Harmony in the Taoist Theories of Nourishing Life
16E
Religion in the Former Soviet Union(0235)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Mayster, Oleksandr Gregory
Panelists:
Krivosheina, Elena: Religious Values as a Resource for Peace: the Russian Experience
Mayster, Oleksandr Gregory: Growth of Religiosity in Ukraine: Natural Expression of Religious Feelings or Influence of Economic Factor?
Sokolova, Anna: Religious Situation in Modern Russia: Examples from Vladimir Region
16F
Aspects of Japanese Buddhism(0506)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Welter, Albert Franklin
Panelists:
Inoue, Takami: Local Buddhism and its Transformation in Nineteenth Century Japan: Shinbutsu Bunri in Shinano Province
Oda, Masayasu: Distribution of Buddhist Denominations in Japan
Takahashi, Yukiko: Takakusu Junjiro on Religious Education
16G
Religious Expressions through the Arts(0240)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Kobayashi, Masayoshi
Panelists:
Kgatla, Selaelo: Bone that Speak: African Art and Rituals of Divination
Kobayashi, Masayoshi: Forming and Evoking Bodily Memories through Oration/A Case of the Learning and Performing Process of "Yamabushi-Kagura"
Nagasawa, Sohei: The Field of Performance in Take-Kagura
Wang, Ching-ling: A Renaissance of Religious Symbolism? --Huang Chin-ho's Visual Art in 21st Century Taiwan
16I
Persistence and Transformation of Folk Religion in Urban Districts(0129)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Miki, Hizuru
Panelists:
Katoh, Shinkoh: Mt.Ikoma as the Pure Land
Miki, Hizuru: From Authority to Autonomy -- The Rise in the Religious Intellectual Level of the Common People
Shinya, Masaaki: Changing Urban Folk Religion: The Case of Jigenji Temple
Watanabe, Futoshi: Ritual Arrangement of Hina-Nagashi: A Case Study of Awashima Shrine
16J
Medicines, Social Welfares and Spirituality in Highly Matured Society: in Reference to Aging and Quality of Life(0102)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Kasai, Kenta
Panelists:
Bailey, Edward: The Study of Implicit Religion and Contemporary Spirituality and Its Practical Applications
Hiroi, Yoshinori: On the Spirituality of Nature in Contemporary Japan
Moberg, David O.: Spirituality and Aging: Research and Implications
Tazaki, Miyako: Expression of Spirituality among the Japanese Based on Qualitative and Quantitative Researches in Japan
16L
Religious Knowledge in Modern Korea(0171)
Symposium, English
Convener: Jang, Sukman
Panelists:
Ko, Gunho: Religious Knowledge of New Religion in Modern Korea
Lee, Wook: The Understanding of Government about Religious Knowledge after the Opening of a Port
Lee, Jin Gu: Protestant Theology and the Politics of Comparison in Modern Korea
Song, Hyun Ju: A Study on the Formation of Religious Studies in Modern Korea: with Lee Neung-Wha as the Central Figure
Yi, Yong Bhum: The Academic Knowledge of Folk Beliefs in Modern Korea
16M
Engaged Buddhism, (1)(0505)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Sharma, Anita
Panelists:
Sarao, Karam Tej Singh: Tzu Chi: Master Cheng Yen’s Engaged Buddhism in Taiwan
Sharma, Anita: H.H.Dalai Lama’s Engaged Buddhism
Tanaka, Kanoko: How Buddhist Nursing May Contribute to the Study of Religions
Westermann, Nicola: Tibetan Buddhist Ethics in the Context of Globalization
16O
A Paradigm Shift in Dialogue among Religions: Introducing of "Public Philosophy"(0056)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Hoshikawa, Keiji
Panelists:
Hamada, Yo: The Future of Inter-Religious Dialogue:Reconsideration of Environmental Issues, Publicity, and Coexistence
Saito, Kenji: Challenges Facing Inter-Religious Dialogue and Cooperation-From the View Point of "Action for Peace"
Yamanashi, Yukiko: A Paradigm Shift in Interreligious Dialogue: Source of Understanding? Means of Peace?
Yamawaki, Naoshi: Public Philosophy and Dialogue between Religions
Tamaru, Noriyoshi
16P
New Religious Movements in Japan(0249)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Melton, Gordon
Panelists:
Apple Arai, Shinobu: Religions, Power-Relations, and Human Flourishing at the Crossroad of Violence and Respect: Daisaku Ikeda's Interpretation of Nichiren's Doctrine
Fukui, Masaki: Millenarianism amongst Japanese New Religions with Special Reference to Kofuku-no-Kagaku - The Institute for Research in Human Happiness.
Kawakami, Tsuneo: Work Ethics in the Context of Japanese New Religions
Winter, Franz: The Use of European Esoteric Traditions and Their Function in Japanese New New Religions: The Case of Kofuku no Kagaku
16R
Rethinking the History and Theory of the Study of Religion(0525)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese
Chairperson: Fukasawa, Hidetaka
Panelists:
Fukasawa, Hidetaka: The Future of Religion: The Topos of the Intellectual Construction of Religion – Simmel and Anesaki on the Future Shape of Religion
Tedo, Kiyonobu: Une Nouvelle Convergence entre Morale et Religion ou le Religieux dans la Modernité
Yavuz, Sevket: The Sacred Canopy: Text, Episteme and Cipher of Cultural Identity & Otherization Phenomena
16T
Religion and ICT in Japan(0127)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Kawabata, Akira Respondent(s): Ess, Charles
Panelists:
Fukamizu, Kenshin: Internet Use by the Followers of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism
Kurosaki, Hiroyuki: Jinja Shinto and the Internet: Jinja Shinto in Social Change and Jinja Websites
Staemmler, Birgit: Virtual Kamikakushi A Traditional Religious Concept on the Internet
Tamura, Takanori: How Does ITC Work and Not Work for Religious Counseling: - Cases of Tenrikyo and Konkokyo-
Watanabe, Mitsuharu: Research Portfolio and Roadmap to Utilize the Internet for Religious Information
16U
Mind and Society in the Transmission of Religion(0088)
Organized Panel, English
Respondent(s): Martin, Luther; Whitehouse, Harvey
Panelists:
Ketola, Kimmo: Anthropological Evidence and the Theory of the Modes of Religiosity
Sjoblom, Tom Mikael: Narrative Minds: Historical Evidence and the Theory of the Modes of Religiosity
16V
Religion and Modernity in North-East Asia(0251)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Beyer, Peter
Panelists:
Ahn, Shin: What is Religion Doing in War?: Christianity and Asian Religions in Early 20th Century Korea - The Case of Yun Chi-ho(1865-1945)
Hoshino, Seiji: Narrating Shukyo(Religion) in Early Meiji Period
Takahashi, Hara: Masaharu ANESAKI and Kiitsu Kyokai (Association Concordia): Its Changes in Activities
Yamaguchi, Aki: An Encounter Between Religious Universalism and Particularist Society: Unitarians as Mediating between the Japanese Modernizers and the Modern West
Session Number 17: 30 (wed) 14:00-16:00
17B
Japanese Mythology from Multidisciplinary Perspectives(0079)
Symposium, Japanese
Convener: Hirafuji, Kikuko Respondent(s): Matsumura, Kazuo
Panelists:
Kitayama, Osamu: "Prohibition against Looking" - A Psychoanalytic Understanding
Oda, Takao: Transformation of the Center and the Intermediates
Yoshida, Atsuhiko: Points of View on Comparative Mythology
17C
Conflict and Peace in Ancient History(0230)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Borgeaud, Philippe
Panelists:
Borgeaud, Philippe: The Ancient Practices of Comparison as Topic for the History of Religions
Koo, Jaehoe: Book Burning Edicts and Their Results in Chinese Religious History
Riekert, Stephanus Johannes: Peace and War in Ancient Egyptian Religion
Volokhine, Youri: Manetho: Hellenic Ideology vs. Egyptian Tradition
17D
Syncretism in Chinese Religions(0404)
Organized Panel, Chinese, English, Japanese(* simultaneous interpretation)
Convener: Zhu, Yueli
Panelists:
Guo, Wu: Introductory Discussion of the Relation between Jingmingdao and Confucianism in the Song and Yuan Periods
Zhang, Zehong: The Introduction and Influence of Taoism on Minority Peoples in Southwest China
Zhu, Yueli: Syncretism of Taoism
17E
Local Buddhisms and Transnational Contacts, 1868-1945(0059)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Ishii, Kosei Chairperson: Ishii, Kosei
Respondent(s): Ishii, Kosei
Panelists:
Jaffe, Richard M.: Japanese Buddhists and the Purchase of Bodh Gaya
Lopez, Donald S.: Theosophy and Tibet
Moriya, Tomoe: Japanese Zen on the State: A Comparative Study of D.T. Suzuki and Inouye Shuten, 1898-1915
Tweed, Thomas A.: American Occultism and Japanese Buddhism: Albert J. Edmunds, D. T. Suzuki, and Transnational Religious Flows
17F
Historical Studies in Japanese Buddhism(0326)
Organized Panel, Japanese
Chairperson: Kasai, Masahiro
Panelists:
Kasai, Masahiro: The Place of Buddhism in Japanese Culture – The Foundation of the Usa Shrine-Temple Complex (Usa Jingu-Ji) in Kyushu
Kimura, Bunki: A Gap between Theory and Practice of Fuse (Dana) in Modern Japan
Manabe, Shunsho: The Religious Meaning of Mandara (Mandla) in Japan
Matsuo, Kenji: The Establishment of the Eighty-eight Stages of the Shikoku Pilgrimage -- Focusing on Some Historical Maps of the Shikoku Pilgrimage
17G
Studies of Local Religion in Asian Context(0130)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Tam, Wai Lun
Panelists:
Iwai, Hiroshi: Japanese Model of Folk and Popular Religion
Tam, Wai Lun: Rethinking Religion from a Local and Rural Context: Towards an Alternative Way to Study Chinese Religion
Wazaki, Haruka: Religion as a Bridge Combining Private with Public and Sacred with Profane in the Case of Daimoji Urban Ritual in Japan
Zhang, Xiaojun: Water, Gods and Power: A Case Study of Yuanshen Temple
17I
Reflections on Gender and Violence in Religion(0433)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Joy, Morny Chairperson: Ingersoll, Julie
Panelists:
Joy, Morny: Women, Violence and Religions
Juschka, Darlene: The Sacrifice of Men: Gendered Discourses of Masculinity and Warfare
17J
Rethinking the Concepts of Religion, Sacred, and Secular(0227)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Beckford, James
Panelists:
Morooka, Ryosuke: Why Should Sociology Employ the Concept of Religion?: Reformulating the Sociology of Religion as a Field of Genuine Intercultural Study
Niwa, Izumi: Reconsidering the Concept "Secularization" and Nationalism from the Aspect of the Sociology of Religion
Zitukawa, Mikiro: Should “Sacred” and “Secular” Continue to be Basic Concepts in Religious Studies?
17K
Rethinking the Concept and Theory of Religion(0521)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Bulbulia, Joseph
Panelists:
Bulbulia, Joseph: Evolutionary Game Theory and The Biology of Religion
Iijima, Shuji: Arrernte Now:Two Radical Forms of Violent Life;Arrernte Fighting and Iraqi War
Takeda, Shinichi: Homo Credens as Seen from the Perspective of Evolutionary Psychology
17L
Buddhism in Dialogue(0503)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Saito, Akira
Panelists:
Ishikawa, Iwao: The Fusion of Religions in the Dunhuang Tibetan Manuscript Declining Age and its Significance in Religious History
Kim, Sung-Eun: Buddhism of the Joseon Dynasty: Specialist of the Spiritual Realm
Travagnin, Stefania: A Religious Bridge: Dharma and Sangha Exchanges between Taiwan and Japan in the Post-colonial Period
17M
Engaged Buddhism, (2)(0508)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Sakurai, Yoshihide
Panelists:
DeVido, Elise Anne: Mapping the Trajectories of Engaged Buddhism in Taiwan and Vietnam
Okada, Emmi: Ideational Nonviolence: The Self-immolation Acts of Vietnamese Buddhists in the 1960s
Sakurai, Yoshihide: Socially Engaged Buddhism in Northeast Thailand
17N
Philosophical Approaches to Conflict Resolution(0259)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Moritani, Mineo
Panelists:
Moritani, Mineo: The Problem of Judaism, Christianity, and Mohammedanism: Why do Judaism and Mohammedanism not Accept Jesus Christ as the Son of God (the Savior)?
Nakatomi, Kiyokazu: The Philosophical Principle of Synthesizing Christianity, Buddhism and Islam
Senay, Bulent: The Perception of 'Self' and Conflict-Resolution in Buddhism and Islam
Upadhayaya, Govinda Sharan: Critical Survey of Contemporary Nepalese Philosophy
17O
The Situation of Religion in Post-Socialist Mongolia(0131)
Organized Panel, English
Convener: Takizawa, Katsuhiko
Panelists:
Samdan, Tsedendamba: The Changes of Belief and Religious Consciousness after the Mongolian Democratization
Shimamura, Ippei: The Reconstruction of Ethnic Identity through Shamanism:A Case Study of the Aga-Buryats in Post-socialist Mongolia
Takizawa, Katsuhiko: The Transformation of Family Rituals in Mongolia: One History of Religion in a Modern Nomad Society
17P
Dogen and Contemporary Thought(0438)
Organized Panel, English, Japanese
Convener: Kopf, Gareon
Panelists:
He, Yansheng: Dogen's Zen as a Public Philosophy
Ishii, Kiyozumi: Choosing the Stillness: Characteristics of Dogen Zen and Contemporary Zen Practice
Kopf, Gareon: From No-Buddha-nature to Absolute Nothingness: Kyoto School Interpretations of Dogen's Thought
Kazashi, Nobuo: Responsibility for Being-Time: Reading Dogen together with Merleau-Ponty and Jonas
17Q
Historical and Political Studies of Religion in Russia(0236)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Alla, Zaluzhna
Panelists:
Alla, Zaluzhna: Phenomenon of Holiness in Ukrainian Orthodox Tradition
Dumbrava, Daniela: Cosmography and Cartography, Dynamics on Mapping Territories. The Case of Russia, Inner Asia and North China (XVI-XVII centuries)
Mitrofanova, Anastasia Vladimirovna: Fundamentalism And Politicization Of Religion In Russian Orthodoxy
17R
Religious Concepts of Time and Space(0242)
Organized Panel, English
Chairperson: Nakamaki, Hirochika
Panelists:
Maeda, Reiko: Calendar and Rituals of Esoteric Buddhism
Nakamaki, Hirochika: The Global and the Local Seen through Calendars
Nihei, Koji: The Cosmology of the Garkand Sutra in 80 Fascicles and the Universe of Galaxies in Modern Astronomy
Ozaki, Makoto: The Last Time as the Hidden Beginning
17T
Religious Thought in German History(0261)
Organized Panel, English
Panelists:
Fujimoto, Takeshi: Three Viewpoints on Nature and Humanity in Gerbert's "Historia Nigrae Silvae"
Kakegawa, Tomiyasu: Reorientation of the Connection Between “Leben” and “Geschichte” in View of the Problem of the Humanism
Schoener, Gustav-Adolf: Astrological Pamphlets and Martin Luther as the Reformer