RLB286 Shinto in Modern Japan

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Bc. Mgr. Jakub Havlíček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. David Václavík, Ph.D.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Timetable
Mon 13:20–14:55 K23
Prerequisites (in Czech)
RLB62 Religions in Japan
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course treats the topic of Shinto in the history of modern Japan. The lectures of the course offer a comprehensive introduction to the role of Shinto in Japanese cultural, political and social history, with the emphasis to the role of Shinto in modern Japan.
At the end of the course students will be able to
define the role of Shinto in the history of Japan;
explain the role of Shinto in modern Japanese society;
demonstrate the knowledge of terminology and most important concepts connected with Shinto and the kami worship;
analyze the role of Shinto in Japanese religious life;
review the scholarly approaches towards Shinto.
Syllabus
  • 0. Introduction to the course.
  • 1.History of the kami worship until 1868, Shinto and Buddhism.
  • 2. History of the kami worship until 1868, Shinto and Buddhism.
  • 3. Shinto and the nation-making process in modern Japanese history.
  • 4. Shinto after 1945, the Yasukuni Shrine issue.
  • 5. Shinto in everyday religious life in contemporary Japan.
  • 6. Inari.
  • 7. Rituals, ceremonies and festivals.
  • 8. Shinto as a systematized religious tradition: Ono,Sokyo: Shinto. The Kami Way.
  • 9. Shinto and ecology.
  • 10. Shinto and popular culture I.
  • 11. Shinto and popular culture II.
  • 12. Final discussion.
Literature
  • Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
  • Shinto in history : ways of the Kami. Edited by John Breen - M. J. Teeuwen. 1st pub. Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xii, 368. ISBN 0700711724. info
  • BLACKER, Carmen. The catalpa bow : a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge, 1999, 384 s. ISBN 1873410859. info
  • SMYERS, Karen Ann. The fox and the jewel : shared and private meanings in contemporary Japanese inari worship. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1999, viii, 271. ISBN 0824821025. info
  • NELSON, John K. A year in the life of a Shinto Shrine. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1996, viii, 286. ISBN 0295975008. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussions, self-study selected readings.
Assessment methods
Final written test (score 70% or higher on the final exam). Students are expected and required to attend seminar classes of this course.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
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