Shimazono Susumu
Biographic Data
| ID | 3894533 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shimazono Susumu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shimazono |
| FAMILY NAME | Susumu |
| SIGNATURE | SUSUMU S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tokyo, Japan, |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The ethical issues of biotechnology: Religious culture and the value of life
Advances in biotechnology and medical science, especially breakthroughs in cloning and stem cell research, have raised great expectations for curing diseases, repairing damaged body tissue and organs, enabling conception at advanced age and selecting embryos based on genetic diagnosis. However, the question arises whether these advances will improve the happiness of humankind or whether human bodies are being assaulted as development resources in…
State Shinto and Emperor Veneration
Emperor veneration by the people is an important factor in understanding the ideology of National Polity, but this aspect is slighted in Murakami?s assessment. The system of State Shinto functioned strongly in modern Japanese society from around the time of the Meiji Restoration until the end of the Pacific War. From the perspective of religious history, the approach to the ideology of National Polity looks different. Religion provides significan…
Christianity Made in Japan: A Study of Indigenous Movements
For centuries, the accommodation between Japan and Christianity has been an uneasy one. Compared with other Asian countries, the churches in Japan have never counted more than a small number of believers resigned to a pattern of ritual and belief transplanted from the West. There has however been a rise in indigenous movements aimed at a Christianity that is at once made in Japan and faithful to the scriptures and apostolic tradition. This text p…
New New Religions and This World: Religious Movements in Japan after the 1970s and their Beliefs about Salvation
Cet article examine les caracteristiques de l'approche adoptee par ce qu'on a pu appeler les nouvelles nouvelles religions, qui ont attire de nombreux disciples au Japon apres 1970. Deux groupes sont pris comme exemples : le GLA (God Light Association), fonde en 1968, et Kofuku no Kagaku (IRH), fonde en 1986. Ils partagent des idees fondamentales sur le salut, croyant en l'existence de l'âme individuelle qui a sa demeure eternelle dans le Monde R…
Religion and Society in Modern Japan
Religion and Society in Modern Japan: Selected Readings
Christianity Made in Japan: A Study of Indigenous Movements
For centuries, the accommodation between Japan and Christianity has been an uneasy one. Compared with other Asian countries, the churches in Japan have never counted more than a small number of believers resigned to a pattern of ritual and belief transplanted from the West. There has however been a rise in indigenous movements aimed at a Christianity that is at once made in Japan and faithful to the scriptures and apostolic tradition. This text p…
Religion and Society in Modern Japan: Selected Readings
Religion and Society in Modern Japan: Selected Readings
New New Religions and This World: Religious Movements in Japan after the 1970s and their Beliefs about Salvation
Cet article examine les caracteristiques de l'approche adoptee par ce qu'on a pu appeler les nouvelles nouvelles religions, qui ont attire de nombreux disciples au Japon apres 1970. Deux groupes sont pris comme exemples : le GLA (God Light Association), fonde en 1968, et Kofuku no Kagaku (IRH), fonde en 1986. Ils partagent des idees fondamentales sur le salut, croyant en l'existence de l'âme individuelle qui a sa demeure eternelle dans le Monde R…
Religion and Society in Modern Japan
Christianity Made in Japan: A Study of Indigenous Movements
For centuries, the accommodation between Japan and Christianity has been an uneasy one. Compared with other Asian countries, the churches in Japan have never counted more than a small number of believers resigned to a pattern of ritual and belief transplanted from the West. There has however been a rise in indigenous movements aimed at a Christianity that is at once made in Japan and faithful to the scriptures and apostolic tradition. This text p…
State Shinto and Emperor Veneration
Emperor veneration by the people is an important factor in understanding the ideology of National Polity, but this aspect is slighted in Murakami?s assessment. The system of State Shinto functioned strongly in modern Japanese society from around the time of the Meiji Restoration until the end of the Pacific War. From the perspective of religious history, the approach to the ideology of National Polity looks different. Religion provides significan…
The ethical issues of biotechnology: Religious culture and the value of life
Advances in biotechnology and medical science, especially breakthroughs in cloning and stem cell research, have raised great expectations for curing diseases, repairing damaged body tissue and organs, enabling conception at advanced age and selecting embryos based on genetic diagnosis. However, the question arises whether these advances will improve the happiness of humankind or whether human bodies are being assaulted as development resources in…
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