Clark Chilson
Biographic Data
| ID | 1637601 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Clark Chilson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Clark |
| FAMILY NAME | Chilson |
| SIGNATURE | CHILSON C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pittsburgh |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Soka Gakkai’s Human Revolution: The Rise of a Mimetic Nation in Modern Japan
Soka Gakkai’s Human Revolution: The Rise of a Mimetic Nation in Modern Japan Soka Gakkai’s Human Revolution: The Rise of a Mimetic Nation in Modern Japan, by Levi McLaughlin. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2018, 236 pp., $68.00 (ISBN 978-0-824-87542-8) Clark CHILSON Clark CHILSON University of Pittsburgh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Science Japan Journal, Volume 23, Issue 2, Summer 2020, …
Pure Lands in Asian Texts and Contexts: An Anthology
A Religion in Death Throes: How Secrecy Undermines the Survival of a Crypto Shin Buddhist Tradition in Japan Today
Although we know that religions decline and die, we know little about what causes them to do so. This article introduces a form of underground or crypto Pure Land Buddhism that has been practiced in secret for hundreds of years in Japan but in the past 50 years has declined rapidly and may be nearing extinction. It is argued that one of the factors that is undermining its survival is its secrecy. The article is intended to contribute to our knowl…
Prophet Motive: Deguchi Onisaburo, Oomoto, and the Rise of New Religions in Imperial Japan. By Nancy K. Stalker
Deguchi Onisaburō was a man who liked to dress as a woman, wear costumes, make puns, and converse in Esperanto. He was also one of the Japan's most influential religious leaders of the early twentieth century. After becoming the leader of Oomoto, he transformed it from a small, regional Shinto sect founded by his mother-in-law into the third largest new religion in Japan with hundreds of thousands of followers. What made Onisaburō so successful? …
Eulogizing Kūya as More than a Nenbutsu Practitioner: A Study and Translation of the Kūyarui
Kya is widely known as a tenth-century Buddhist holy man who was the first to spread the nenbutsu practice among common lay people. The document that scholars regard as the most credible for understanding who Kya was is the Kyarui, which is a eulogy for Kya written in Sino-Japanese (kanbun) in the 970s by the author of the Sanbe, Minamoto Tamenori. This article first elucidates the origins and influence of the text. Then it approaches the text as…
Murōji: Rearranging Art and History at a Japanese Buddhist Temple – Sherry D. Fowler
The Postwar Developments of Japanese Studies in the United States
The present volume documents the postwar history of United States scholarship on Japan. A careful selection of North American scholars under the general editorship of Helen Hardacre (Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions and Society at Harvard University) shows that a range of factors have directed Japanese studies in the United States since 1945. Among these factors are social and political change in Japan and the United States, s…
Japanese Historians and the National Myths, 1600-1945: The Age of the Gods and Emperor Jinmu
Alms and Vagabonds: Buddhist Temples and Popular Patronage in Medieval Japan. Janet R. Goodwin
Alms and Vagabonds: Buddhist Temples and Popular Patronage in Medieval Japan. Janet R. Goodwin. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu 1994. vii, 181 pp. US$27
Alms and Vagabonds: Buddhist Temples and Popular Patronage in Medieval Japan. Janet R. Goodwin
Alms and Vagabonds: Buddhist Temples and Popular Patronage in Medieval Japan. Janet R. Goodwin. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu 1994. vii, 181 pp. US$27
Japanese Historians and the National Myths, 1600-1945: The Age of the Gods and Emperor Jinmu
The Postwar Developments of Japanese Studies in the United States
The present volume documents the postwar history of United States scholarship on Japan. A careful selection of North American scholars under the general editorship of Helen Hardacre (Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions and Society at Harvard University) shows that a range of factors have directed Japanese studies in the United States since 1945. Among these factors are social and political change in Japan and the United States, s…
Murōji: Rearranging Art and History at a Japanese Buddhist Temple – Sherry D. Fowler
Eulogizing Kūya as More than a Nenbutsu Practitioner: A Study and Translation of the Kūyarui
Kya is widely known as a tenth-century Buddhist holy man who was the first to spread the nenbutsu practice among common lay people. The document that scholars regard as the most credible for understanding who Kya was is the Kyarui, which is a eulogy for Kya written in Sino-Japanese (kanbun) in the 970s by the author of the Sanbe, Minamoto Tamenori. This article first elucidates the origins and influence of the text. Then it approaches the text as…
Prophet Motive: Deguchi Onisaburo, Oomoto, and the Rise of New Religions in Imperial Japan. By Nancy K. Stalker
Deguchi Onisaburō was a man who liked to dress as a woman, wear costumes, make puns, and converse in Esperanto. He was also one of the Japan's most influential religious leaders of the early twentieth century. After becoming the leader of Oomoto, he transformed it from a small, regional Shinto sect founded by his mother-in-law into the third largest new religion in Japan with hundreds of thousands of followers. What made Onisaburō so successful? …
A Religion in Death Throes: How Secrecy Undermines the Survival of a Crypto Shin Buddhist Tradition in Japan Today
Although we know that religions decline and die, we know little about what causes them to do so. This article introduces a form of underground or crypto Pure Land Buddhism that has been practiced in secret for hundreds of years in Japan but in the past 50 years has declined rapidly and may be nearing extinction. It is argued that one of the factors that is undermining its survival is its secrecy. The article is intended to contribute to our knowl…
Pure Lands in Asian Texts and Contexts: An Anthology
Soka Gakkai’s Human Revolution: The Rise of a Mimetic Nation in Modern Japan
Soka Gakkai’s Human Revolution: The Rise of a Mimetic Nation in Modern Japan Soka Gakkai’s Human Revolution: The Rise of a Mimetic Nation in Modern Japan, by Levi McLaughlin. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2018, 236 pp., $68.00 (ISBN 978-0-824-87542-8) Clark CHILSON Clark CHILSON University of Pittsburgh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Science Japan Journal, Volume 23, Issue 2, Summer 2020, …
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