IAHR 2005 Tokyo Academic Programme ver02.22

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: Jackson, Robert Chairperson: Pye, Michael

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: Jackson, Robert Chairperson: Miyanaga, Kuniko

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: Weaver, Jace

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: Matsuoka, Hideaki Chairperson: Matsuoka, Hideaki

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 (0015)

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: Matsuoka, Hideaki Chairperson: Matsuoka, Hideaki

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: Sonntag, Mira Respondent(s): Tajima, Tadaatsu

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: Gebhardt, Lisette

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: Flugel, Peter

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: Faivre, Antoine; Hanegraaff, Wouter J. Chairperson: Hanegraaff, Wouter J.

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: Olupona, Jacob; Arnold, Philip P. Respondent(s): Deegalle, Mahinda

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: Faivre, Antoine; Hanegraaff, Wouter J. Chairperson: Godwin, Joscelyn

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: Olupona, Jacob; Arnold, Philip P. Respondent(s): Deegalle, Mahinda

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: Faivre, Antoine; Hanegraaff, Wouter J. Chairperson: Hanegraaff, Wouter J.

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: Faivre, Antoine; Hanegraaff, Wouter J. Chairperson: von Stuckrad, Kocku

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: Martin, Luther Chairperson: Pachis, Panayotis

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: Martin, Luther Chairperson: Martin, Luther

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 Viirya and That of Prahbaava with Their Example as Dantii as Found in a Buddhist Text and a Medical Text

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