Never the ‘Twain Shall Meet: Disorienting East and West in Teaching and Scholarship

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HOW TO CITE: Shields, J. (2015). “Never the ‘Twain Shall Meet”: Disorienting East and West in Teaching and Scholarship. Bulletin for the Study of Religion, 44(2), 3–9. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.v44i2.26070

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This article explores the categories of "East" and "West" within teaching and scholarship on Asian religions. After reflection on both the problematic and useful aspects of these terms in classroom pedagogy, I analyze the life and work of Hirai Kinza (1859–1916), a Japanese lay Buddhist who experimented with Unitarianism and socialism in an attempt to bridge "East" and "West" in the context of Japanese modernization.

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  • container title
    Bulletin for the Study of Religion
  • creator
    James Mark Shields
  • issn
    2041-1871 (Online)
  • issue
    44.2
  • publisher
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • publisher place
    Sheffield, United Kingdom
  • rights
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • volume
    South & East Asia Collection
  • doi
    https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.v44i2.26070