Caleb Carter
Biographic Data
| ID | 3890622 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Caleb Carter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Caleb |
| FAMILY NAME | Carter |
| SIGNATURE | CARTER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kyushu University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2822-2716 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The metamorphic spirit
A growing body of scholarship has demonstrated how the idea of the secular was constructed and deployed in the modern era. While scholars have emphasized the political and bureaucratic ramifications of this transformation, less attention has been paid to two interrelated constructs: spirituality and nature. This article argues that mountaineers played a formative role in that process by conceptualizing their sport within and against the emergent …
From Hucksters to Holy Men
Men who roamed Japan’s mountains, conducting austerities for the benefit of themselves and others, have been historically viewed along an opposing set of extremes, ranging from wonderworkers, immortals, and other Buddhist ideal types to charlatans, social deviants, and subhumans. The ascetic’s ritual space—the mountains—functioned as a geographical other that could either arouse Buddhist awakening or strange, demonic forces. Against this extreme …
Faith in Mount Fuji
Reviewed by: Faith in Mount Fuji: The Rise of Independent Religion in Early Modern Japan by Janine Anderson Sawada Caleb Carter (bio) Faith in Mount Fuji: The Rise of Independent Religion in Early Modern Japan. By Janine Anderson Sawada. University of Hawai'i Press, 2022. xiv, 273 pages. $68.00, cloth; $28.00, paper. Janine Sawada's latest monograph stakes out exciting new ground on a peak that has long garnered widespread devotion as well as muc…
Gendai Shugendō no shūkyō shakaigaku
The demonic countryside
This article explores the role of legends and rituals centered on oni (demons) as a mode of place-making in early modern Japan. Focusing on evidence from Shinano (present-day Nagano prefecture), it begins with medieval oni narratives centered on Mount Togakushi and then turns toward Edo period adaptations that ushered in a host of new sites. I argue that this type of engagement with popular narratives played a vital role in place-making strategie…
Power Spots and the Charged Landscape of Shinto
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Power Spots and the Charged Landscape of Shinto
The demonic countryside
This article explores the role of legends and rituals centered on oni (demons) as a mode of place-making in early modern Japan. Focusing on evidence from Shinano (present-day Nagano prefecture), it begins with medieval oni narratives centered on Mount Togakushi and then turns toward Edo period adaptations that ushered in a host of new sites. I argue that this type of engagement with popular narratives played a vital role in place-making strategie…
Gendai Shugendō no shūkyō shakaigaku
From Hucksters to Holy Men
Men who roamed Japan’s mountains, conducting austerities for the benefit of themselves and others, have been historically viewed along an opposing set of extremes, ranging from wonderworkers, immortals, and other Buddhist ideal types to charlatans, social deviants, and subhumans. The ascetic’s ritual space—the mountains—functioned as a geographical other that could either arouse Buddhist awakening or strange, demonic forces. Against this extreme …
Faith in Mount Fuji
Reviewed by: Faith in Mount Fuji: The Rise of Independent Religion in Early Modern Japan by Janine Anderson Sawada Caleb Carter (bio) Faith in Mount Fuji: The Rise of Independent Religion in Early Modern Japan. By Janine Anderson Sawada. University of Hawai'i Press, 2022. xiv, 273 pages. $68.00, cloth; $28.00, paper. Janine Sawada's latest monograph stakes out exciting new ground on a peak that has long garnered widespread devotion as well as muc…
The metamorphic spirit
A growing body of scholarship has demonstrated how the idea of the secular was constructed and deployed in the modern era. While scholars have emphasized the political and bureaucratic ramifications of this transformation, less attention has been paid to two interrelated constructs: spirituality and nature. This article argues that mountaineers played a formative role in that process by conceptualizing their sport within and against the emergent …
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