Japanese Religions 46/2: Special Issue on “The Body Religious in Japan, Part 2”

[Or Porath]

Dear All,

With apologies for cross-posting, we are pleased to announce the publication of Japanese Religions 46/2, the second and final installment of the special issue “The Body Religious in Japan,” guest-edited by Or Porath (Tel Aviv University).

All contents can be accessed from our website: Japanese Religions  / NCC Center for the Study of Japanese Religions

Content details below. ↓

Articles:

“Editor’s Introduction: Embodied Worlds in Japanese Religions” by Or Porath   

The Five Forms Liturgy and the Five Viscera Mandala:The Genealogy of the Religious Body in Medieval Japan” by Abe Yasurō 阿部泰郎, Translated by Andrew Macomber

“Bridging Environment and the Body: Reflections on Esoteric Dharma Certificates (Injin) of the Shōichi Sublineage” by Kikuchi Hiroki 菊地大樹, Translated by Or Porath

“The Genealogy of the Five Viscera Mandala in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism: An Analysis of the Kōzanji Manuscript” by Kameyama Takahiko 亀山隆彦

“Corporeal Techniques for Enlightenment” by Ōuchi Fumi 大内典

“Between the Seen and the Unseen: Analyzing the Kisshōten Cabinet Shrine at Kōfukuji” by Julia Heather Cross

“Review Essay: Negotiating the Esoteric in Premodern Japan” by Eric Haruki Swanson


Reviews:
“Jørn Borup: Decolonising the Study of Religion: Who Owns Buddhism?”  by Christoph Kleine

“Caleb Swift Carter: A Path into the Mountains: Shugendō and Mount Togakushi”  by Bruce Winkelman

“Orion Klatau: Kakusareta Shōtoku Taishi: Kin-gendai Nihon no gishi to okaruto bunka 隠された聖徳太子 : 近現代日本の偽史とオカルト文化”  by Micah Auerback

“Timothy O. Benedict: Spiritual Ends: Religion and the Heart of Dying in Japan”  by Paulina Kolata

Japanese Religions is peer-reviewed journal registered as both a print and Open Access journal. The journal accepts manuscript submissions on a rolling basis. Interested authors are invited to submit their manuscripts for consideration.

Sincerely,

Or Porath

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Or Porath, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor 

Department of East Asian Studies

Max Webb Building, Room 517
Tel Aviv University

P.O. Box 39040

Tel-Aviv, 69978, Israel

Vice-President, Society for the Study of Japanese Religions

Rituals of Initiation and Consecration in Premodern Japan: Power and Legitimacy in Kingship, Religion, and the Arts (with Fabio Rambelli)

Japan’s Forgotten God: Jūzenji in Medieval Texts and the Visual Arts