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Jolyon Thomas, "Japanese Buddhists and Religious Freedom," Otani
University, 23 April
- PRIZE> Call
for Nominations: Tianzhu Book Prize for Excellence in Chan Studies
LECTURE >
Jolyon Thomas, "Japanese Buddhists and Religious Freedom," Otani
University, 23 April
by Michael Conway
Dear Colleagues,
The International Buddhist Studies Research
Group at Otani University's Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute will
host a lecture by Jolyon Thomas (Assistant Professor, University of
Pennsylvania) entitled "Japanese Buddhists and Religious Freedom" on
April 23, 2019, from 4:30 to 6:00 pm in the Multimedia Seminar Room on the
third floor of the Korukan 響流館 at Otani Univeristy's main campus.
There is no fee for participation and no need
to register in advance.
See below for the abstract.
Title:
"Japanese Buddhists and Religious Freedom"
Speaker: Jolyon
Thomas (University of Pennsylvania)
Abstract:
A widespread historical narrative suggests that Buddhists failed
to defend religious freedom in prewar and wartime Japan. But religious freedom
was not a universal principle that Buddhists failed to understand or
protect. Rather, Japan’s 1889 constitutional guarantee of religious freedom
enrolled Buddhists in the project of defining “real religion”
in order to free it. For example, religious freedom dominated Buddhist concerns
about the onset of mixed residence with foreigners in late nineteenth-century
Japan. In the 1920s, Japanese Buddhists appealed to religious freedom as both
national law and international ideal when defending their right to run language
schools for second-generation immigrants in the American Territory of Hawai`i.
And competing interpretations of religious freedom characterized diverse
Buddhist takes on parliamentary efforts to strictly regulate religions in the
early Shōwa era (1926–45). In short, a close look at the historical record
reveals that Japanese Buddhists were fluent in “religious freedom talk,” but
they spoke that language in multiple, often mutually unintelligible, dialects.
The story of Buddhist indifference to religious freedom turns out to be
inaccurate, while its creation during the Allied Occupation of Japan (1945–52)
reflects the American occupiers’ understandings of “real religion” and ideal
religion-state relations.
Refer to the following link for information about the location
of the campus and a campus map.http://www.otani.ac.jp/annai/nab3mq0000000ze8.html
Sincerely,
Michael Conway (Lecturer, Otani University)
PRIZE>
Call for Nominations: Tianzhu Book Prize for Excellence in Chan Studies
by Vicky Baker
Please help us circulate widely this call for nominations. The Tianzhu Book Prize
for Excellence in Chan Studies is awarded to a
sole-authored, peer reviewed academic book, with a copyright in the past three
years (2016, 2017, or 2018), on a topic related to any Chan tradition. The
publication can be in any language. Dissertations and non-academic works are
not eligible. The recipient will receive $5000 and be invited to UBC to deliver
a lecture.Nominations are now being accepted (including self-nominations).
To submit a nomination, please use this form: Tianzhu Book Prize Nomination Form
Include the title of the work, the author’s name, reason for nomination, and one sample chapter. For publications in languages other than English and Chinese, a summary in English must be included, along with the names of two additional co-nominators that are familiar with the work. If the work is selected shortlisted, a full copy of the publication may be requested.
The adjudication committee will be comprised of scholars with broad expertise in the area, who will consider the monograph’s potential for advancing scholarly understanding of new aspects of different traditions of Chan Buddhism.
The deadline to submit nominations is April 30, 2019.
Questions can be directed to tianzhu.network@ubc.ca.
Table of Contents
- LECTURE >
Jolyon Thomas, "Japanese Buddhists and Religious Freedom," Otani
University, 23 April
- PRIZE> Call
for Nominations: Tianzhu Book Prize for Excellence in Chan Studies
LECTURE >
Jolyon Thomas, "Japanese Buddhists and Religious Freedom," Otani
University, 23 April
by Michael Conway
Dear Colleagues,
The International Buddhist Studies Research
Group at Otani University's Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute will
host a lecture by Jolyon Thomas (Assistant Professor, University of
Pennsylvania) entitled "Japanese Buddhists and Religious Freedom" on
April 23, 2019, from 4:30 to 6:00 pm in the Multimedia Seminar Room on the
third floor of the Korukan 響流館 at Otani Univeristy's main campus.
There is no fee for participation and no need
to register in advance.
See below for the abstract.
Title:
"Japanese Buddhists and Religious Freedom"
Speaker: Jolyon
Thomas (University of Pennsylvania)
Abstract:
A widespread historical narrative suggests that Buddhists failed
to defend religious freedom in prewar and wartime Japan. But religious freedom
was not a universal principle that Buddhists failed to understand or
protect. Rather, Japan’s 1889 constitutional guarantee of religious freedom
enrolled Buddhists in the project of defining “real religion”
in order to free it. For example, religious freedom dominated Buddhist concerns
about the onset of mixed residence with foreigners in late nineteenth-century
Japan. In the 1920s, Japanese Buddhists appealed to religious freedom as both
national law and international ideal when defending their right to run language
schools for second-generation immigrants in the American Territory of Hawai`i.
And competing interpretations of religious freedom characterized diverse
Buddhist takes on parliamentary efforts to strictly regulate religions in the
early Shōwa era (1926–45). In short, a close look at the historical record
reveals that Japanese Buddhists were fluent in “religious freedom talk,” but
they spoke that language in multiple, often mutually unintelligible, dialects.
The story of Buddhist indifference to religious freedom turns out to be
inaccurate, while its creation during the Allied Occupation of Japan (1945–52)
reflects the American occupiers’ understandings of “real religion” and ideal
religion-state relations.
Refer to the following link for information about the location
of the campus and a campus map.http://www.otani.ac.jp/annai/nab3mq0000000ze8.html
Sincerely,
Michael Conway (Lecturer, Otani University)
PRIZE>
Call for Nominations: Tianzhu Book Prize for Excellence in Chan Studies
by Vicky Baker
Please help us circulate widely this call for nominations. The Tianzhu Book Prize
for Excellence in Chan Studies is awarded to a
sole-authored, peer reviewed academic book, with a copyright in the past three
years (2016, 2017, or 2018), on a topic related to any Chan tradition. The
publication can be in any language. Dissertations and non-academic works are
not eligible. The recipient will receive $5000 and be invited to UBC to deliver
a lecture.Nominations are now being accepted (including self-nominations).
To submit a nomination, please use this form: Tianzhu Book Prize Nomination Form
Include the title of the work, the author’s name, reason for nomination, and one sample chapter. For publications in languages other than English and Chinese, a summary in English must be included, along with the names of two additional co-nominators that are familiar with the work. If the work is selected shortlisted, a full copy of the publication may be requested.
The adjudication committee will be comprised of scholars with broad expertise in the area, who will consider the monograph’s potential for advancing scholarly understanding of new aspects of different traditions of Chan Buddhism.
The deadline to submit nominations is April 30, 2019.
Questions can be directed to tianzhu.network@ubc.ca.
