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| Meiji “Buddhism” in America: A Study of the Effect of Shinbutsu Bunri on Jōdo Shinshū and its Development in Hawaii and California | ||
| 作者 | Koda, Tara Keiko (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Dissertation Abstracts International |
| 卷期 | v.68 n.10 Section A |
| 出版日期 | 2007 |
| 出版者 | ProQuest LLC |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.proquest.com/ |
| 出版地 | Ann Arbor, MI, US [安娜堡, 密西根州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 學位類別 | 博士 |
| 校院名稱 | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| 系所名稱 | Religious Studies |
| 指導教授 | Grapard, Allan G. |
| 畢業年度 | 2007 |
| 附註項 | 401p |
| 關鍵詞 | 佛教人物=Buddhist; 佛教寺院=Buddhist Monastery=Buddhist Temple; 信心=Belief=Faith; 修行方法=修行法門=Practice |
| 摘要 | In the late-1800s, Japanese started emigrating from various areas of Southern and Western Japan. They took their knowledge of farming and fishing as well as their different rituals and belief systems along with them. However, these belief systems, which had been somewhat stable for centuries, were also undergoing radical upheavals during this time. Between 1868 and 1875, the Japanese government created policies that forcibly "separated" Buddhist and Shinto cults, creating a "modern" Buddhist "tradition" and a separate "Shinto," each so different than what they had been prior to 1868 that one must question their very names. Buddhism was introduced to America along with the immigrants but it was a different Buddhism, one that had been transformed by the violence it had seen by these separation policies. Even in areas that survived relatively untouched, the people were faced with new rituals and practices, adopting new ones and abandoning old ones. As the Japanese traveled to Hawaii and California, they were faced with new experiences, both positive and negative. Buddhism enabled them to use a familiar space (the Buddhist temple) in which to adapt to their new home. Although some chose to convert to Christianity, for many Issei (first-generation immigrants), Buddhism was one of the tools by which they could find their way more securely into their new environment. Through interviews, first-hand diary accounts, and extensive research, I have found that the Japanese were able to make Buddhism, a source of strength and security in their new home. Shinto, on the other hand, was not able to make the transition as easily. The Japanese government wished to make Shinto the focus of their new regime. However, the immigrants found that, while they could find kindred spirits for the kami in Hawaii, they found no such similarities on the mainland. Shinto seemed to serve no purpose for them there. As a result, Buddhism was the sole survivor of the shinbutsu bunri edicts. |
| ISBN | 9780549281665 |
| 點閱次數 | 611 |
| 建檔日期 | 2008.04.10 |
| 更新日期 | 2022.03.29 |
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