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Japanese Buddhism in Europe
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.
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).
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).
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 友江 守屋
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
Shūhei Fujii 修平 藤井
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 Jōdo Shinshū 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 ekō-ji
Numata Ehan’s Ideas and Their Realization in a Japanese Buddhist Temple in Germany
Marc Nottelmann-Feil
Index
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 友江 守屋
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
Shūhei Fujii 修平 藤井
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 Jōdo Shinshū 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 ekō-ji
Numata Ehan’s Ideas and Their Realization in a Japanese Buddhist Temple in Germany
Marc Nottelmann-Feil
Index
The book will be relevant for academic libraries and post-graduate students/scholars in the field of Japanese, global and religious studies.