Andreassen & Lewis/Textbook Gods, 2. Establishing Religion through Textbooks in Japan

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How to Cite: Fujiwara, Satoko. Establishing Religion through Textbooks: Religions in Japan’s “Ethics” Program. Textbook Gods - Genre, Text and Teaching Religious Studies. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 43-61 Apr 2014. ISBN 9781781790557.

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In this chapter I will illustrate how Japanese textbooks are “establishing religion” by imposing demarcations and rankings among religions. Remarkably, the religion they are establishing is not State Shinto. The factors shaping the establishment of religion are quite complex and cannot be reduced to the single factor of the legacy of State Shinto. I will sort out pedagogical, ideological and business factors.

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  • container title
    Textbook Gods: Genre, Text and Teaching Religious Studies
  • creator
    Satoko Fujiwara
  • isbn
    9781781790557 (eBook)
  • publisher
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • publisher place
    Sheffield, United Kingdom
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    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • volume
    South & East Asia Collection
  • doi
    https://doi.org/10.1558/isbn.9781781792254