top of page
1.png

Japanese Religions

Japanese Religions

Here you can download and read all the issues of Japanese Religions

(Online) ISSN: 2760-1781

(Print) ISSN: 0448-8954  

Japanese Religions: Latest Issue Vol. 46/1

image.png

This special issue investigates the role of the body in Japanese religion, and how it has been configured in religious, historical, and cultural contexts from the medieval period to the modern era. It is commonly held that in the medieval period the body was largely conceptualized from the lens of religious thought and framed within ideas and taboos concerning purity, pollution, karma, as well as medical, embryological and astrological concerns. The modern period saw the rise of medical and pathological discourses which furthered the view of the body as grounded in biology.

Addressing theoretical dilemmas and unresolved issues in the study of the body in Japan, this special double issue looks for links across time and space, pay attention to embodiment, affect and sexuality, while rethinking the theoretical parameters of the study of the body in Japanese religions.

The issue is available as a paperback on amazon.

Previous Issues 

Vol. 45 / 2023:             

In Memory of Yoshinaga Shin'ichi (1957-2022)

Vol. 44 / 2019/2021:    

Japanese Religions and the Global Occult

Vol. 43 / 2018:             

The Materiality of Japanese Religion

Vol. 42 / 2017:             

Facets of  "Shinto" in the Muromachi Period

Vol. 41 / 2016:             

Modern Buddhism and its International Networks

Vol. 40 / 2015:             

Open Issue

Vol. 38 / 2013:           

In Memory of Professor Yuki Hideo

Vol. 37 / 2012:             

Religion and Healing in Japan

Vol. 36 / 2011:             

Open Issue

Vol. 35 / 2010:             

Open Issue

Vol. 34(2) / 2009:         

Theosophy and Buddhist Reformers

Vol. 34(1) / 2009:         

Open Issue

Vol. 33 / 2008:             

Interactions Between Japan and Tibet

Vol. 32 / 2007:             

Religion and Culture

Vol. 31(2) / 2006:         

Religion and Caricature

Vol. 31(1) / 2006:         

Open Issue

Vol. 30 / 2005:             

Open Issue

Vol. 29 / 2004:             

Meiji Christianity

Vol. 28(2) / 2003:         

Visual Art and Religion

Vol. 28(1) / 2003:         

Open Issue

Vol. 27(2) / 2002:         

Open Issue

Vol. 27(1) / 2002:         

Shingon Buddhism

Vol. 26 / 2001:             

The Aum Shinrikyō Trail in Russia

Vol. 25 / 2000:             

Open Issue

Vol. 24(2) / 1999:         

Daoism in Japan: The Honchō shinsen-den

Vol. 24(1) / 1999:       

Open Issue

Vol. 23 / 1998:             

Millennial Movements in East and Southeast Asia

Vol. 22(2) / 1997:         

Open Issue

Vol. 22(1) / 1997:         

The Religious Corporations Law

Vol. 21(2) / 1996:         

In Memoriam: Heinrich Dumoulin & Mutō Kazuo

Vol. 21(1) / 1996:         

A New Approach to Medieval Pure Land Buddhism

Vol. 20(2) / 1995:         

Open Issue

Vol. 20(1) / 1995:         

Open Issue

Vol. 19 / 1994:             

Kirishitan - Early Christianity in Japan

Vol. 18(2) / 1993:         

Open Issue

Vol. 18(1) / 1993:         

Open Issue

Vol. 17(2) / 1992:         

Open Issue

Vol. 17(1) / 1992:         

Open Issue

Vol. 16 / 1990-91:       

Ethics and Emptiness: Memorium for Keiji Nishitani

Vol. 15 / 1988-90:       

Theologism and Religionism 

Vol. 14 / 1985-87:       

Zen Buddhism and Buddhist Christian Dialogue

Vol. 13 / 1983-85:        

Remembering the Dead

Vol. 12 / 1981-83:        

Women in Asian Religions

Vol. 11 / 1979-81:       

Perspectives on Interfaith Dialogue 

Vol. 10 / 1976-78:       

Open Issue

Vol. 09 / 1973-75:       

Open Issue

Vol. 08 / 1970-72:         

Open Issue

Vol. 07 / 1967-69:         

Open Issue

Vol. 06 / 1964-66:         

Open Issue

Vol. 05 / 1961-63:         

Open Issue

Vol. 04 / 1958-60:         

Open Issue

Vol. 03 / 1955-57:         

Open Issue

Vol. 02 / 1953-54:         

Open Issue

Vol. 01 / 1951-52:         

Open Issue

ISSN: 0448–8954

© 2023 NCC Center for the Study of Japanese Religions, Kyoto. 

bottom of page