عنوان

Are Public Commemorations in Contemporary Japan Post-secular?

شماره

LA116736

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Are Public Commemorations in Contemporary Japan Post-secular?

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Akira Nishimura

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

This paper asks whether public commemorations in contemporary Japan are post-secular or not. More precisely, it investigates the postwar history of the relationship between such commemorations and the principle of keeping religion and government separate, as embodied in the constitution. Referring to several contemporary cases, I provide an overview of the discourses and actual conditions of the separation of religion and state at Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery (Chidorigafuchi Kokuritsu Senbotsusha Boen 千鳥ヶ淵国立戦没者墓苑) and Yasukuni Shrine (Yasukuni Jinja 靖国神社). In conclusion, I point out on one hand that the non-denominational expressions seen in Chidorigafuchi and other facilities show a distinctive kind of religious expression. On the other hand, I underscore that the excessive avoidance of religious participation by government officials derives from the Yasukuni issue and related legal trials. I explain the relationship of those phenomena in terms of two types of secularization: natural secularization and artificial secularization. This paper asks whether public commemorations in contemporary Japan are post-secular or not. More precisely, it investigates the postwar history of the relationship between such commemorations and the principle of keeping religion and government separate, as embodied in the constitution. Referring to several contemporary cases, I provide an overview of the discourses and actual conditions of the separation of religion and state at Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery (Chidorigafuchi Kokuritsu Senbotsusha Boen 千鳥ヶ淵国立戦没者墓苑) and Yasukuni Shrine (Yasukuni Jinja 靖国神社). In conclusion, I point out on one hand that the non-denominational expressions seen in Chidorigafuchi and other facilities show a distinctive kind of religious expression. On the other hand, I underscore that the excessive avoidance of religious participation by government officials derives from the Yasukuni issue and related legal trials. I explain the relationship of those phenomena in terms of two types of secularization: natural secularization and artificial secularization.

تاريخ نشر

2016

توصيف ظاهري

136-152

عنوان

Journal of Religion in Japan

شماره جلد

5/2-3

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

2211-8349

اصطلاح موضوعی

Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery

اصطلاح موضوعی

commemorations

اصطلاح موضوعی

secularization

اصطلاح موضوعی

separation of religion and government

اصطلاح موضوعی

Yasukuni Shrine

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Akira Nishimura

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/22118349-00502004

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y