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November 4, 2009
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:06:36 -0500
From: Jay Ford <fordj@wfu.edu>
Colleagues in Japanese Religions:
For those planning to attend the AAR Annual Meeting in Montreal, we
would like to bring your attention to sessions sponsored by the Japanese
Religions Group (below). Of particular note is Jean-Marc Abela and Mark
McGuire's film on Shugendô that we are co-sponsoring with the the Sacred
Space in Asia Group (Friday, 9:00pm). Our Business Meeting is scheduled
for the Monday, 4:00 pm-6:30 pm session (A9-316). Please plan to attend
if you are still around. Chris Ives will be rotating off the Steering
Committee this year and we would like to thank him in particular for his
many years of service to the group. We will be seeking nominations for
his replacement. If you're unable to attend the Business Meeting, feel
free to submit your nomination to Jay directly via email (fordj@wfu.edu).
We hope to see many of you in Montreal.
Safe travels,
Jay Ford & Barbara Ambros
Co-Chairs, Japanese Religions Group
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*Japanese Religions Group Sessions---AAR 2009 (Montreal) *
*A6-404* **
*Arts Series/Films*
Theme: Shugendô Now/: The Creative Reinvention of a Japanese Mountain
Ascetic Tradition/
*Friday - 9:00 pm-11:00 pm*
*FQE-Hochelaga 3*
Mark McGuire, John Abbott College, Presiding
Sponsored by the Japanese Religions Group and the Sacred Space in Asia Group
Theme: Shugendô Now/: The Creative Reinvention of a Japanese Mountain
Ascetic Tradition/
How do mountain ascetic priests in remote communities attract and serve
the needs of diverse, urban practitioners? In what ways have globally
aware and locally grounded charismatic individuals transcended
boundaries of nation, gender, class, age, and ethnicity to engage
disaffected city dwellers? Shugendô practitioners perform ritual actions
from shamanism, "Shintô," Daoism, and Tantric Buddhism. The filmmakers
represent their creative reinvention of hallmark practices, including a
26-kilometer Lotus Ascent, Three Day Monk Camp, and Eco-pilgrimage.
Taking seriously the teaching, "From mountain austerities to urban
austerities," and insight that pilgrims are "much else before they are
pilgrims and for much more of their time" (Grodzins-Gold 1988:1), the
film traverses ascetic training grounds of Kumano and Yoshino and urban
neighborhoods of Tokyo and Osaka. More poetic than analytical, the
filmmakers observe practitioners performing austerities and represent
the myriad ways mountain learning interacts with urban life. Might the
two be seen as one? For more information on the film, visit
/www.shugendonow.com/
<http://www.aarweb.org/Meetings/Annual_Meeting/Current_Meeting/Program_Book/:%22http:/www.shugendonow.com%22>.
2008, directed by Jean-Marc Abela and Mark McGuire. Japanese with
English subtitles. 88 minutes.
*A8-105* **
*Buddhism Section and Japanese Religions Group*
Theme: /Points of View on the History of Koshiki: Discourse and
Performativity of a Liturgical Genre/
*Sunday - 9:00 am-11:30 am*
*PDC-513D*
James C Dobbins, Oberlin College, Presiding
Theme: /Points of View on the History of Koshiki: Discourse and
Performativity of a Liturgical Genre/
The liturgical genre of Koshiki developed in the late tenth century in
the context of Pure Land belief within the Tendai tradition. In the
following centuries, this genre spread throughout all Buddhist schools
and Koshiki were performed for various objects of veneration. The
composition of Koshiki reached a high point in the Kamakura period with
Myoe (1173--1232) and Jokei (1155--1213) as the most productive authors
of Koshiki. We can assume that more than 400 Koshiki were composed. Some
of them are still performed today. For a long time, these rituals have
been largely ignored in scholarship on Japanese Buddhism. Research on
Koshiki started not in the field of religious studies, but in music
historiography and literature, which attests to the importance of
Koshiki beyond the borders of monastic practice. This panel will explore
the role and performance of Koshiki in different times and places in
their socioreligious contexts.
David Quinter, University of Alberta
/Invoking the Mother of Awakening: Mañjusri Ceremonials and Medieval
Nara Buddhism/
Lori Meeks, University of Southern California
/Koshiki (Chanted Lectures) in the Ritual Lives of Buddhist Nuns/
Hank Glassman, Haverford College
/Written on the Body: Jizo Images and Koshiki/
Michaela Mross, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich
/The Vocal Performance of Koshiki: A Study of the Shiza Koshiki in the
Shingon Schools/
Responding: James L. Ford, Wake Forest University
*A8-323* **
*Japanese Religions Group*
Theme: /Roman Catholicism in Japan: Ethnicity, Identity, and Gender in
the Age of Globalization/
*Sunday - 5:00 pm-6:30 pm*
*PDC-517C*
Mark Rowe, McMaster University, Presiding
Theme: /Roman Catholicism in Japan: Ethnicity, Identity, and Gender in
the Age of Globalization/
The Roman Catholic Church in Japan is currently undergoing major changes
due to the influx of migrant workers to its parishes. Scholars have
estimated that these foreign nationals have doubled the membership of
the Japanese Roman Catholic Church in less than twenty years. The major
ethnic groups represented among these migrant Roman Catholics are
Filipinos and Brazilians. This session aims to explore contemporary
Catholicism in Japan in the context of globalization and transnational
migration by bringing together scholars who have conducted fieldwork
among the Japanese, Filipino, and Brazilian communities. Locating the
analysis within three axes of ethnicity, identity, and gender, this
session attempts to understand the diverse ways in which individuals
negotiate their religious identity as Catholics in contemporary Japan.
Terada Takefumi, Sophia University
/Changing Faces of the Catholic Church in Japan: A Study of Filipino
Communities in the Tokyo Archdiocese/
Hisako Omori, McMaster University
/Women as Priestesses? Gendered and Negotiated Identities in Japanese
Catholic Communities in Tokyo/
Hugo Córdova Quero, Graduate Theological Union and Sophia University
/Trans-Pacific Affairs: Negotiating Gender, Faith, and Ethnicity among
Japanese Brazilian Migrant Women in Japan/
Responding: Kevin Doak, Georgetown University
*A9-316* **
*Japanese Religions Group [Business Meeting]*
Theme: /Religious Initiatives and Social Activism in Contemporary Japan/
*Monday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm*
*PDC-511D*
Richard M. Jaffe, Duke University, Presiding
Theme: /Religious Initiatives and Social Activism in Contemporary Japan/
This panel, through various case studies of social and political
activism of Japanese Buddhism, will analyze the interactive role of
religious initiatives and social activism in contemporary Japan. The
papers of this panel will discuss the patterns of Engaged Buddhist
movements in Japan; the innovative ways in which Japanese temples and
priests are responding to various challenges posed by globalization; the
ethnographic study of the problems that beset social activism of local
temples; the growing presence of Buddhist NGOs in the voluntary sector;
and the political participation of a Buddhist organization and its
implication for Japanese society and politics. Each of the papers of
this panel, while addressing specific issues related to Buddhist social
activism in contemporary Japan, will also highlight how their research
will contribute towards the study of Japanese Buddhism, and for religion
in general.
Ranjana Mukhopadhyaya, University of Delhi
/From "Funeral Buddhism" to "Engaged Buddhism": Understanding Engaged
Buddhist Movements in the Japanese Context/
John Nelson, University of San Francisco
/Global and Domestic Challenges Confronting Religious Institutions in Japan/
Sakurai Yoshihide, Hokkaido University
/Management Crisis and Social Activities of Local Buddhist Temples in Japan/
Inaba Keishin, Kobe University
/How Buddhist NGO Networks Bring Religion to Society/
Okuyama Michiaki, Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
/Soka Gakkai as a Challenge to Japanese Society and Politics/
Responding: Stephen G. Covell, Western Michigan University
Business Meeting: James L. Ford, Wake Forest University
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