Kieko Obuse
Biographic Data
| ID | 1232489 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kieko Obuse |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kieko |
| FAMILY NAME | Obuse |
| SIGNATURE | OBUSE K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kobe City University of Foreign Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1059-4183 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Great Conundrum of a Man: The Multifaceted Nature of D.T. Suzuki’s Life and Thought
The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of the Middle East
The sociology of the Middle East has been an expanding field of inquiry since the aftermath of World War II, when phenomena as diverse as urbanization, internal and international migration, and peasant societies attracted the attention of scholars working on the region. The Middle East became central in key sociological debates on modernization theory and the critical responses. The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of the Middle East connects thi…
ReOrienting Religion: An East-West Entanglement
This study presents a case of East–West entanglement not confined to dynamics internal to the Western trajectory of production and critique of Eurocentric notions of religion. It explores how the critical opening initiated by Wilfred Cantwell Smith in 1962 against reifying “religion” cannot be treated exclusively as an antecedent to the critical genealogy of religion performed by Talal Asad. We suggest that it needs to be read in the context of S…
Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of the Middle East
Living Compound Marginality: Experiences of a Japanese Muslim Woman
The present article discusses the ways in which ethnic Japanese Muslim women are perceived and treated in contemporary Japanese society, through a case study of one Japanese female convert. It examines the complexity found in her experiences of marginality by highlighting three inter-related modes of marginalization: marginality deriving from being a Muslim, from being a Japanese Muslim and from being a woman. It discusses her responses to these …
The Japan Islamic Congress: A Possible Case of an Islamic New Religion in Japan
The present article discusses the possibility of regarding the Japan Islamic Congress ( JIC ), a religious organization that claimed a membership of over 50,000 in the 1980s, as a new religion. It examines major factors in the expansion of the JIC through highlighting five characteristics it shares with new religions, namely, 1) it had a charismatic leader, attributed with the power to ‘heal’; 2) it attracted members through the curing of illness…
What Does Bamiyan Tell Us about Muslim Attitudes to Buddhism? Unpacking ‘Buddhist- Muslim Conflicts’ in Contemporary Asia
The article highlights through a case study of the Taliban’s destruction of the Buddha statues of Bamiyan in 2001, that there has been considerable diversity in Muslim attitudes towards Buddhism and Buddha statues, reflecting the variety of political and socio-economic contexts in which they were expressed. It argues that the Taliban’s destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan cannot be attributed exclusively to theological issues but also reflects p…
Finding God in Buddhism: A New Trend in Contemporary Buddhist Approaches to Islam
The purported absence of a highest god who creates and governs the universe in the Buddhist worldview has often been regarded as an obstacle to dialogue and mutual understanding between Buddhists and Muslims. However, there has emerged a trend among contemporary Buddhist scholars to discuss a Buddhist equivalent of such a god in order to relate to Islam doctrinally. This article examines three examples of such an attempt, respectively representin…
The Muslim Doctrine of Prophethood in the Context of Buddhist‐Muslim Relations in Japan: Is the Buddha a Prophet
Finding God in Buddhism: A New Trend in Contemporary Buddhist Approaches to Islam
The purported absence of a highest god who creates and governs the universe in the Buddhist worldview has often been regarded as an obstacle to dialogue and mutual understanding between Buddhists and Muslims. However, there has emerged a trend among contemporary Buddhist scholars to discuss a Buddhist equivalent of such a god in order to relate to Islam doctrinally. This article examines three examples of such an attempt, respectively representin…
The Muslim Doctrine of Prophethood in the Context of Buddhist‐Muslim Relations in Japan: Is the Buddha a Prophet
The Muslim Doctrine of Prophethood in the Context of Buddhist‐Muslim Relations in Japan: Is the Buddha a Prophet
What Does Bamiyan Tell Us about Muslim Attitudes to Buddhism? Unpacking ‘Buddhist- Muslim Conflicts’ in Contemporary Asia
The article highlights through a case study of the Taliban’s destruction of the Buddha statues of Bamiyan in 2001, that there has been considerable diversity in Muslim attitudes towards Buddhism and Buddha statues, reflecting the variety of political and socio-economic contexts in which they were expressed. It argues that the Taliban’s destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan cannot be attributed exclusively to theological issues but also reflects p…
Finding God in Buddhism: A New Trend in Contemporary Buddhist Approaches to Islam
The purported absence of a highest god who creates and governs the universe in the Buddhist worldview has often been regarded as an obstacle to dialogue and mutual understanding between Buddhists and Muslims. However, there has emerged a trend among contemporary Buddhist scholars to discuss a Buddhist equivalent of such a god in order to relate to Islam doctrinally. This article examines three examples of such an attempt, respectively representin…
The Japan Islamic Congress: A Possible Case of an Islamic New Religion in Japan
The present article discusses the possibility of regarding the Japan Islamic Congress ( JIC ), a religious organization that claimed a membership of over 50,000 in the 1980s, as a new religion. It examines major factors in the expansion of the JIC through highlighting five characteristics it shares with new religions, namely, 1) it had a charismatic leader, attributed with the power to ‘heal’; 2) it attracted members through the curing of illness…
Living Compound Marginality: Experiences of a Japanese Muslim Woman
The present article discusses the ways in which ethnic Japanese Muslim women are perceived and treated in contemporary Japanese society, through a case study of one Japanese female convert. It examines the complexity found in her experiences of marginality by highlighting three inter-related modes of marginalization: marginality deriving from being a Muslim, from being a Japanese Muslim and from being a woman. It discusses her responses to these …
Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of the Middle East
The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of the Middle East
The sociology of the Middle East has been an expanding field of inquiry since the aftermath of World War II, when phenomena as diverse as urbanization, internal and international migration, and peasant societies attracted the attention of scholars working on the region. The Middle East became central in key sociological debates on modernization theory and the critical responses. The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of the Middle East connects thi…
ReOrienting Religion: An East-West Entanglement
This study presents a case of East–West entanglement not confined to dynamics internal to the Western trajectory of production and critique of Eurocentric notions of religion. It explores how the critical opening initiated by Wilfred Cantwell Smith in 1962 against reifying “religion” cannot be treated exclusively as an antecedent to the critical genealogy of religion performed by Talal Asad. We suggest that it needs to be read in the context of S…
A Great Conundrum of a Man: The Multifaceted Nature of D.T. Suzuki’s Life and Thought
Islam (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Theology (5 works) · Buddhism (3 works) · Gautama Buddha (3 works) · History (3 works) · Politics (3 works)