Belief and Practice in Imperial Japan and Colonial Korea /

Bringing together the work of leading scholars of religion in imperial Japan and colonial Korea, this collection addresses the complex ways in which religion served as a site of contestation and negotiation among different groups, including the Korean Choson court, the Japanese colonial government,...

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Other Authors: Anderson, Emily (Editor at Eaglemoss Publications Ltd.) (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Series:Religion and society in Asia Pacific.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Empire of Religions: Exploring Belief and Practice in Imperial Japan and Colonial Korea
  • Finding Religion in Japan’s Empire
  • State Shinto Policy in Colonial Korea
  • Korean Buddhist Historiography and the Legacies of Japanese Colonialism (1910-1945)
  • The Adventures of a Japanese Monk in Colonial Korea: Soma Shoei’s Zen Training with Korean Masters
  • Eastern Learning Divided: The Split in the Tonghak Religion and the Japanese Annexation of Korea, 1904-1910
  • Between God and Caesar: The Position of the Non-Church Movement in Korea and Japan from 1927 to 1945
  • Developing an Imperial Theology: Transforming “Others” into “Brothers in Christ” for a Multiethnic Empire
  • The Question of Quintessence: Buddhism in Wartime Japanese Academia
  • Transnational Contexts of Tenrikyo Mission in Korea: Korea, Manchuria, and the United States
  • Poch’ŏn’gyo and the Imperial State: Negotiations between the Spiritual and Secular Governments
  • U.S. Occupation Policy on Shinto in Post-Liberation Korea and Occupied Japan
  • Religion in Occupied Japan: The Impact of SCAP’s Policies on Shinto.