1.Introduction. A more detailed syllabus will be distributed in class. The syllabus will be also available in the Moodle at the beginning of April. |
| 2.Kami and Buddha in ancient Japan |
| 3.Development in the relationship between Japanese kami and Buddha |
| 4.Developments in the honji suijaku paradigm |
| 5.Religious orthodoxy in medieval Japan |
6.Popularizatin of Buddhism (1): Nenbutsu practice
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| 7.Popularizatin of Buddhism (2): Fund raising campaign |
| 8.Influence of Buddhist cosmology: Hungry gohsts |
| 9.Influence of Buddhist cosmology: Afterlife |
| 10.Religious life of Kamakura warriors |
| 11.Female religious figures in medieval Japan |
| 12.Development of Shinto in medieval Japan |
| 13.Popularization of Zen Buddhism (1): Soto Zen in local society |
| 14.Popularization of Zen Buddhism (2): Zen funeral |
| 15.Introduction of Christianity to Japan |
| 16.Catholicsism and Japan's national unifiers |
| 17.Buddhism and national unifiers |
| 18.Village community and its religious organization in late medieval Japan |
| 19.Woman and Villages' religious organization in late medieval Japan |
| 20.Pilgrimage to sacred mountain and the exclusion of women |
| 21.Legal framework governing religious institutions in Tokugawa Japan |
| 22.Changes in the legal framework governing religious institutions in Meiji Japan |
| 23.Study tour to a religious site in Tokyo |
| 24.Lifting the ban of Christianity under the pressure of western countries |
| 25.Efforts to create the state religion |
| 26."Freedom of religion" in prewar Japan |
27.Changing relationship between western missionaries and Japanese Christians
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| 28.New religions in modern Japan |
| 29.Rites performed for the war dead at Yasukuni Shrine |
| 30.Study tour to a religious site in Tokyo |