The Strategies and Adaptation of Japanese Religion in a Christian Society

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Other Title
  • キリスト教社会における日本宗教の布教ストラテジーと適応
  • A Case Study of Honpa Hongwanji Mission in Hawaii before the World War II
  • 第二次世界大戦前のハワイ社会における浄土真宗本派本願寺教団の事例をめぐって

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The Japanese religion Jodo-Shinshu Honpa Hongwanji was influential in the Japanese immigrant society in pre-war Hawaii. Its successful adaptation has often been attributed to the fact that the majority of the Japanese immigrants to Hawaii were from the areas Jodo-Shinshu was prevalent, or to the similarity of the principles of Jodo-Shinshu to that of Protestantism in traditional acculturation theory. In this paper, I will oppose these views by analyzing the development of Honpa Hongwanji in relation to its strategies formulated as responses to the strategies of individual immigrants and the needs of the Japanese immigrant society, while taking into the consideration the pressure of assimilation rooted in the host society.

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Details 詳細情報について

  • CRID
    1390282680341140608
  • NII Article ID
    130004374184
  • DOI
    10.5690/kantoh.1994.73
  • ISSN
    18840086
    09194363
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • Crossref
    • CiNii Articles
  • Abstract License Flag
    Disallowed

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