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Religion and Society International Studies in Religion and Society VOLUME 5 Religion and Society An Agenda for the 21st Century Edited by Gerrie ter Haar and Yoshio Tsuruoka LEIDEN • BOSTON 2007 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A C.I.P. record for this book is available from the Library of Congress ISSN 1573-4293 ISBN 978 90 04 16123 8 © Copyright 2007 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Hotei Publishing, IDC Publishers, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and VSP. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. printed in the netherlands CONTENTS Foreword .................................................................................... ix Susumu Shimazono Religion in the Twenty-First Century: A Short Introduction ... xi Gerrie ter Haar and Yoshio Tsuruoka PART ONE The Religious Dimension of War and Peace Religious Dimensions of War and Peace: Introduction ............ 3 Rosalind I. J. Hackett Religious War, Terrorism, and Peace ......................................... 7 Mark Juergensmeyer Religious War, Terrorism, and Peace: A Response to Mark Juergensmeyer ............................................................... 19 Gerrie ter Haar Religious Violence amid Love, Compassion, and Hate: A Response to Prof. Mark Juergensmeyer ............................. 29 Manabu Watanabe PART TWO Technology, Life and Death Technology, Life and Death: Introduction ................................. 43 Eiko Hanaoka( Kawamura) Neuropolitics and the Body ........................................................ 47 Ebrahim Moosa vi contents ‘Naturally’ Confounded and Confused: Bioethics, Technology, and Religion ............................................................................ 61 William R. LaFleur Technology, Life and Death from a Feminist Perspective ......... 69 Haruko K. Okano PART THREE Global Religions and Local Cultures Global Religions and Local Cultures: Introduction .................. 79 P. Pratap Kumar Explaining the Global Religious Revival: The Egyptian Case ....... 83 Talal Asad Explaining the Global Religious Revival: A Response (1) ......... 105 Vasudha Narayanan Explaining the Global Religious Revival: A Response (2) ......... 115 Pablo Wright PART FOUR Boundaries and Segregations Boundaries and Segregations: Introduction ............................... 125 Noriko Kawahashi Fluid Boundaries, Institutional Segregation and Sexual Tolerance in Thai Buddhism ................................................. 127 Suwanna Satha Anand Fluid Boundaries, Institutional Segregation and Buddhist Sexual Tolerance: A Response (1) .......................................... 147 Ursula King contents vii Fluid Boundaries, Institutional Segregation and Buddhist Sexual Tolerance: A Response (2) .......................................... 161 Masakazu Tanaka PART FIVE Method and Theory in the Study of Religion Method and Theory in the Study of Religion: Introduction ... 167 Armin W. Geertz Theory without Method: Situating a Discourse Analysis on Religion .............................................................................. 173 Tomoko Masuzawa Religion-Before Religion and Religion-After Religion .............. 205 Chin Hong Chung Theory and Method in the Study of Religions: A Response ........ 215 Sylvia Marcos PART SIX The Study of Religion in Japan Religious Studies in Post-War Japan .......................................... 225 Noriyoshi Tamaru One Hundred Years of Buddhist Scholarship in Japan ............ 243 Kiyotaka Kimura The Study of Christianity within the Field of Religious Studies in Japan ...................................................................... 251 Hiroshi Tsuchiya Islamic Studies in Japan ............................................................. 261 Kojiro Nakamura viii contents Studies of Religion in Japan and the Philosophy of Religion ....... 267 Shoto Hase Note on contributors .................................................................. 273 Bibliography ................................................................................ 283 Index ........................................................................................... 299 FOREWORD The XIXth World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR), held from the 24th to 30th of March, 2005 in Tokyo, was attended by about 1800 researchers from 61 coun- tries. Acting as the Chairperson of the Executive Committee of this Congress, I did not expect to have such a large number of participants, and I often got into a panic because our preparation did not keep pace with the schedule. In any event, we all were pleased to have so many participants. It was the second time that Japan had hosted the IAHR World Congress, the previous occasion being in 1958. The greatest difference with the 1958 Congress was that we had greater numbers of participants from Asia and Africa. This may re(cid:2) ect the changes that have occurred in the world of religious studies or in the world as a whole in the last half century. Such changes can also be sensed from the themes of the IAHR Congresses held during these years. In the (cid:3) ve years from the XVIIIth IAHR World Congress held in Durban, South Africa, in July 2000, to the XIXth Congress in Tokyo, Japan, in March 2005, the place of religion in the world underwent dramatic changes. The September 11 attacks that occurred in the United States in 2001, followed by the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, are a vivid illustration of these changes. Political and economic factors should be analysed in detail to examine why such terrorist attacks and wars occurred. However, it should not be ignored that other factors such as culture and civilisation are intertwined with religion. No doubt, distrust among people due to religious differences has also contributed to making the political con(cid:2) ict more serious. The choice of Religion: Con(cid:2) ict and Peace as the overall theme of the XIXth IAHR World Congress in Tokyo was closely related to the situation of the world. This book is compiled mainly from the papers presented at the plenary sessions of the Congress. In line with the Congress theme, a number of other topics that are considered as important for the contemporary study of religion were selected as sub-themes for discus- sion during the plenary sessions, with academic specialists serving as discussants. This book, therefore, re(cid:2) ects well the global expansion of the study of religion.
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