Professors Information
Email: muraka-t[at]sophia.ac.jp
Tel: 03-3238-4049
Office: 10-655
MURAKAMI Tatsuo
村上 辰雄
Associate Professor
Religion
B.A., Beloit College
M.A., Syracuse University
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Research and Teaching Interests：
My main interest in the study of religion has been its methods and theories and, to this extent, I have engaged in some researches in the history of the discipline, examining notions such as primitivism, fetishism, colonialism and modernity. Through these methodological inquiries, I have come to recognize the problem of materiality as a locus for a critical reflection as well as a creative exploration in the study of religion. Recently I have been conducting researches in religious violence, culture of debt and Pentecostalism, all of which, in their own ways, address the problem of materiality.
Selected Publications
Book chapters
- “Asking the Question of the Origin of Religion in the Age of Globalization,” in Religion and Global Culture: New Terrain in the Study of Religion and the Work of Charles H. Long, Jennifer Reid, ed. (Lexington Books, 2003) pp. 7-25.
- 「宗教としてのフェティシズム－近代「宗教」概念理解への一つのアプローチ」田中雅一編『フェティシズム論の系譜と展望』京都大学学術出版会、２００９年、41－63頁
COURSES
Faculty of Liberal Arts
| RPH202 | FUNDAMENTALS OF RELIGION |
| RPH303 | THE ENCOUNTER OF RELIGIONS IN THE MODERN WORLD |
| RPH335 | RELIGION, CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE |
| RPH401 | INDIGENOUS RELIGION |
Graduate Program in Global Studies
| Course No. | Title |
| AG510Z | GLOBALIZATION AND POPULAR RELIGION |
| AG707Z | ADVANCED STUDIES IN GLOBALIZATION AND POPULAR RELIGION |