Japanese Buddhism in Europe

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-73075-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 515 g

Zen, Shin, and Soka Gakkai. Japanese Buddhism has become part of the religious landscape in Europe with the presence of temples and centres, thinkers, and practitioners. Since the opening of the country during the Meiji Restoration (1868), scholars and students went to European universities, followed by migrants and missionaries rebuilding new forms of Buddhism. For many decades, poets, artists, and thinkers have been fascinated by Zen, and its culture and religion have been incorporated into European forms. Other schools of Japanese Buddhism have gained less popularity but nonetheless played a relevant role in the religious exchange between Japan and Europe. This volume explores tendencies and perspectives of Japanese Buddhist denominations in various European countries through topics ranging from politics to poetry, to issues related to ethnic religion, and Christian interpretations of Buddhism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Borup, Jørn

Porcu, Elisabetta

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors

1 Introduction

Japanese Buddhism in Europe Jørn Borup

2 D.T. Suzuki at the World Congress of Faiths in 1936

An Analysis of His Presentation at the Interfaith Conference Tomoe Moriya ?? ??

3 Hans Haas, the Songs of Buddha, and Their Sounds of Truth

A German Missionary’s Interpretation of Pure Land Buddhism Esben Petersen

4 The History and Current State of Japanese Zen Buddhism in Europe Shuhei Fujii ?? ??

5 Japanese Buddhism in Austria Lukas Pokorny

6 Between Tradition and Revolution

Political Appropriations of Japanese Buddhism in Italy Paride Stortini

7 A “Nihilist Philosophy?”

Christian Orthodox Heretical Discourse and Japanese Buddhism in Greece Ioannis Gaitanidis

8 Jodo Shinshu in the UK

Impermanence, Precarity, and Change Louella Matsunaga

9 Japanese Buddhism and Ireland Laurence Cox and John Ó Laoidh

10 Japanese Buddhism in Germany Laura Brandt and Inken Prohl

11 eko-ji

Numata Ehan’s Ideas and Their Realization in a Japanese Buddhist Temple in Germany Marc Nottelmann-Feil

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jørn Borup, Ph.D. (2002), Aarhus University, is Associate Professor in the study of religion at that university. He has published monographs and articles, and edited anthologies related to Buddhism, Japanese religion and the study of religion, including Decolonising the Study of Religion. Who Owns Buddhism? (2023).

Elisabetta Porcu, Ph.D. (2006), is Associate Professor and Head of the Department for the Study of Religions at the University of Cape Town. She is the author of Pure Land Buddhism in Modern Japanese Culture (Brill, 2008) and the founding editor of the Journal of Religion in Japan (Brill).