The peer-reviewed
Journal of Religion in Japan (JRJ) constitutes a venue for academic research in the complex and multifaceted field of Japanese religion. The journal takes into consideration Japanese religious phenomena through their historical developments and contemporary evolution both within and outside of Japan. It explores the interplay between religion and society, religion and culture, religion and media, and religion and education; the dynamics of globalization and secularization related to Japanese religions; and the geography of religions, new sacred spaces, and hybridization of religion.
JRJ is committed to an approach based on religious studies, and is open to contributions coming from different disciplines, such as anthropology, sociology, history, Buddhist studies, Japanese studies, art history, and area studies. The
Journal of Religion in Japan encourages critical application of ideas and theories about Japanese religions and constitutes a forum for new theoretical developments in the field of religion in Japan. The Journal does not provide a venue for inter-religious dialogue and confessional approaches.
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Founding Editor Elisabetta Porcu,
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Editor Elisabetta Porcu,
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Book Review Editor Ioannis Gaitanidis,
Chiba University, Japan
Editorial Advisory Board Galen Amstutz,
Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley, CA, USA Jørn Borup,
Aarhus University, Denmark Anne Bouchy,
Ecole Française d’Extrême Orient, Paris, France Ugo Dessì,
Cardiff University, UK Bernard Faure,
Columbia University, New York, NY, USA Satoko Fujiwara,
Tokyo University, Japan Nam-lin Hur,
University of British Columbia, Canada Nobutaka Inoue,
Kokugakuin University, Tokyo, Japan Jun’ichi Isomae,
International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, Japan Richard Jaffe,
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Christoph Kleine,
University of Leipzig, Germany D. Max Moerman,
Barnard College, New York, NY, USA Ranjana Mukhopadhyaya,
University of Delhi, India Hirochika Nakamaki,
National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan John K. Nelson,
University of San Francisco, CA, USA Fabio Rambelli,
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA Janine T. A. Sawada,
Brown University, Providence, RI, USA Robert Sharf,
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA James Mark Shields,
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA George J. Tanabe,
University of Hawai'i, USA Ellen Van Goethem,
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan Silvio Vita,
Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Japan Paul Watt,
Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Copy Editor Emily Simpson,
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA