Hans Haas, the Songs of Buddha, and Their Sounds of Truth: A German Missionary’s Interpretation of Pure Land Buddhism
Abstract The writings of German missionary Hans Haas (1868–1934) were seminal texts which greatly influenced how many Europeans came to understand Japanese Buddhism. Haas became a significant actor in this early reception of Japanese Buddhism after he began working as an editor for the journal Zeits...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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Journal of Religion in Japan
Year: 2021, Volume: 10, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 161-194 |
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Haas, Hans 1868-1934
/ Zeitschrift für Missionskunde und Religionswissenschaft
/ Japan
/ Buddhism
/ Pure Land Buddhism
/ Mediation (Philosophy)
/ Europe
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| IxTheo Classification: | BL Buddhism CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KBM Asia KDD Protestant Church |
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Oriental Studies
B European Buddhist studies B Pure Land Buddhism B German Buddhology B Christian-Buddhist studies |
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| Summary: | Abstract The writings of German missionary Hans Haas (1868–1934) were seminal texts which greatly influenced how many Europeans came to understand Japanese Buddhism. Haas became a significant actor in this early reception of Japanese Buddhism after he began working as an editor for the journal Zeitschrift für Missionskunde und Religionswissenschaft while stationed in Japan from 1898–1909. Haas covered all areas and aspects of Japanese Buddhism, from editing and translating texts such as Sukhavati Buddhism (1910a) into German to cross-religious comparisons of Buddhist songs and legends. This paper seeks to identify various elements which contributed to the development of Japanese Buddhism in Europe, paying special attention to the role of Haas’s work. In particular, it seeks to reconstruct his understanding of Pure Land Buddhism by demonstrating how a Protestant interpretative scheme, particularly that of Lutheran Protestantism, dominated much of the early reception of Japanese Buddhism in Europe. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-8349 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Religion in Japan
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22118349-01002002 |