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| “Contramodernist Buddhism” in a Global City-State: Shinnyo-en in Singapore | ||
| 作者 | Phua, Keng Yung (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Religions |
| 卷期 | v.13 n.3 |
| 出版日期 | 2022.03 |
| 頁次 | 18 |
| 出版者 | MDIP |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.mdpi.com/ |
| 出版地 | Basel, Switzerland [巴塞爾, 瑞士] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | 1. Author Affiliation: National University of Singapore. 2. Religions 2022, 13(3), 265. |
| 關鍵詞 | Shinnyo-en; Shinjō Itō; Shinso Itō; contramodernist Buddhism; religious engineering; Singapore; Japan |
| 摘要 | This article outlines the arrival and adaptation of Shinnyo-en as an example of contramodernist Buddhism in Singapore. Shinnyo-en’s contramodernist spirituality focuses on its founding Itō family. The arrival of Shinnyo-en is situated within the larger contexts of the Singapore–Japan relationship. Social memories of the Japanese occupation lingered within the population amidst increasing Japanese Foreign Domestic Investments in Singapore. These transnational migration trends brought Shinnyo-en practitioners and Shinnyo-en itself to Singapore. Simultaneously, Singapore’s government had been actively monitoring and regulating religious groups in order to maintain religious harmony, societal wellbeing, and ensure the separation of religion and politics in Singapore. This study explores the adaptations of Shinnyo-en’s organisational structure, religious practices, and activities in Singapore from 1983 to 2021. It argues that Shinnyo-en has actively adapted to the Singapore context and has actively courted the state for its political survival, adjusting its activities to gain social recognition from Singapore society as a Buddhist organisation. Despite these adaptations, Shinnyo-en Singapore retains its contramodernist Buddhist spirituality, focusing on its founding Itō family. This article highlights the integration of Shinnyo-en’s contramodernist beliefs within Shinnyo-en’s activities and how this contramodernist spirituality mobilises support for selected social causes through its practitioners. |
| 目次 | Abstract 1 Keywords 1 1. Introduction 1 2. Contramodernist Shingon Buddhism 4 3. The Japan–Singapore Relationship until the 1980s 6 4. Shinnyo-en Comes to Singapore 7 5. Adapting to the Decreasing Japanese Expatriate Population from the Late 1990s 10 6. Shinnyo-en’s Expression of Socially Engaged Buddhism 12 7. Contramodernist Buddhism: A Force for Social Mobilisation? 16 References 17 |
| ISSN | 20771444 (E) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel13030265 |
| 點閱次數 | 287 |
| 建檔日期 | 2023.09.26 |
| 更新日期 | 2023.09.26 |
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