By analyzing video interviews with proponents of Christian feminism, as well as literature stemming from their movement in Japan, this article explores the contemporary approaches of Japanese women to theology and practical faith. While tracing their discourses over the last sixty years, the article focuses on the existing variety of perspectives, as well as on the problems that have emerged from the intentional embrace of multiple voices. Drawing on Deleuze and Guattari, I identify "majoritarian" tendencies in these feminist approaches. However, the sources used here also show that Christian feminism in Japan has considerable potential for "becoming-minoritarian." Furthermore, I argue that the situation of Christian feminism differs from those of feminist movements in the major religions of Japan in so far as Christian feminists comprise a sub-minority of a religious minority that naturally needs to reach out to other minority groups, both within and outside Christian feminism. At the same time, these attempts at outreach tend to provoke criticism from fellow Christian believers, reinforcing the marginalization of Christian feminism in Japan. By analyzing video interviews with proponents of Christian feminism, as well as literature stemming from their movement in Japan, this article explores the contemporary approaches of Japanese women to theology and practical faith. While tracing their discourses over the last sixty years, the article focuses on the existing variety of perspectives, as well as on the problems that have emerged from the intentional embrace of multiple voices. Drawing on Deleuze and Guattari, I identify "majoritarian" tendencies in these feminist approaches. However, the sources used here also show that Christian feminism in Japan has considerable potential for "becoming-minoritarian." Furthermore, I argue that the situation of Christian feminism differs from those of feminist movements in the major religions of Japan in so far as Christian feminists comprise a sub-minority of a religious minority that naturally needs to reach out to other minority groups, both within and outside Christian feminism. At the same time, these attempts at outreach tend to provoke criticism from fellow Christian believers, reinforcing the marginalization of Christian feminism in Japan.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2015
توصيف ظاهري
105-132
عنوان
Journal of Religion in Japan
شماره جلد
4/2-3
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
2211-8349
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
"becoming minoritarian"
اصطلاح موضوعی
Christian feminism
اصطلاح موضوعی
history of Christianity in Japan
اصطلاح موضوعی
interreligious dialogue
اصطلاح موضوعی
ritual reforms
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