STATE SHINTŌ PROJECT FOR SPIRITUAL AND SOCIAL COMMON GOOD

In modern Japan, Shintō was defined as a culture rather than a religion to align the freedom of religion with the ideas of the nation-state, making it possible for Shintō to be presented to the public as an obligatory public moral and ritual guide. Katsuhiko Kakei, a professor of Constitutional Law...

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Authors: Kim, Byeongjin (Author) ; Park, Yi-jin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dharmaram College 2022
In: Journal of Dharma
Year: 2022, Volume: 47, Issue: 3, Pages: 285-300
Further subjects:B Emperor Worship
B Meiji Era
B Arahitogami
B Katsuhiko Kakei
B Ko-Shinto
B Kami Worship
B Fukko Shintō
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Summary:In modern Japan, Shintō was defined as a culture rather than a religion to align the freedom of religion with the ideas of the nation-state, making it possible for Shintō to be presented to the public as an obligatory public moral and ritual guide. Katsuhiko Kakei, a professor of Constitutional Law at the Tōkyō Imperial University, incorporated the spiritual tendency to depend on the Absolute into Shintō and changed it into a state-religion. The purpose of his project was to restore the spiritual common good of the Japanese, expand it into the social common good, and thereby pursue integral human development and prosperity. This research contributes to rethinking the religious power to promote sustainable prosperity.
ISSN:0253-7222
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma