Spiritual Legitimacy in Contemporary Japan
A Case Study of the Power Spot Phenomenon and the Haruna Shrine, Gunma
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3312109 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shin Yasuda (0000-0002-1417-3733, Takasaki City University of Economics, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 177 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-09 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel12030177 |
| OpenAlex | W3133822945 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 17 |
Since the 2000s, Japanese internet media as well as mass media, including magazines, television and newspapers, have promoted the concept of a "power spot" as part of the spirituality movement in the country. This emerging social environment for the power spot phenomenon has developed a new form of religiosity, which can be called "spiritual legitimacy," according to the transformation of religious legitimacy embedded in Japanese society. This paper, therefore, examined the emergence of a new form of spiritual legitimacy utilizing a case study of the power spot phenomenon in the Haruna Shrine, Gunma Prefecture, in Japan. The development of the power spot phenomenon in the Haruna Shrine indicates that consumption of spiritual narratives has strongly promoted the construction of a social context of spiritual legitimacy, such as through shared images and symbols related to the narratives in the sacred site. As a result, this paper clarifies that this new form of spiritual legitimacy embodies stakeholders' social consensus on spiritual narratives, which people have struggled to construct a social context for spiritual legitimacy to ensure hot authentication of their individual narratives and experiences
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Legitimacy · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Religiosity · Sociology · Spirituality · Gender Studies · History · Law · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Tourism and Spaces
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The Making of Power Spots
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The New Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Religion
Shinto
“New Age Movement” or “New Spirituality Movements and Culture”
The problem of capitalism in the scholarship on contemporary spirituality
Power Spots and the Charged Landscape of Shinto
Authentication
Constructing and Contesting the Shrine
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |