JAP216 Introduction into Religions in Japan

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zuzana Kubovčáková, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 12:30–14:05 zruseno D21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course named Introduction into Religion in Japan is a general introduction into history and development of religion in Japan. Various religious traditions that have found its way into Japan and have affected the shaping of distinct Japanese religious thought shall be addressed throughout the course. The primal objective of the course shall be the individual growth and mutual development between Shinto and Buddhism in course of Japanese history.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introductory class, terminology, and course schedule
  • 2. Earliest Japanese Religious Thought
  • 3. Shinto and Imperial Mythologies
  • 4. Historical background of Shinto emergence
  • 5. Buddhism – basic ideas, texts and terminology
  • 6. State Buddhism in Asuka and Nara periods
  • 7. Popular Buddhism in Heian and Kamakura periods
  • 8. Shinto-Buddhist interaction
  • 9. Schools of established Buddhism in Kamakura period
  • 10. Esoteric Buddhism – deities and rituals
  • 11. Neo-Confucianism
  • 12. Buddhist Art and Architecture in Japan
Literature
    required literature
  • Earhart, Byron H. (1999), Náboženství Japonska. Mnoho tradic na jedné svaté cestě, Praha: Prostor.
  • Fiala, Karel, (2012), Kodžiki: Kronika dávného Japonska, Praha: ExOriente.
  • BOWRING, Richard John. The religious traditions of Japan, 500-1600. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvi, 485. ISBN 052185119X. info
    recommended literature
  • BREEN, John and M. J. TEEUWEN. A new history of Shinto. 1st pub. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, x, 264. ISBN 9781405155168. info
  • Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Edited by Paul L. Swanson - Clark Chilson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006, xii, 466. ISBN 0824830024. info
  • A history of Japanese religion. Edited by Kazuo Kasahara, Translated by Paul McCarthy - Gaynor Sekimori. 1st English ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001, 648 s. ISBN 4333019176. 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
  • Nihongi : chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697. Edited by Terence Barrow, Translated by W. G. Aston. 11th print. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1998, xxii, iv. ISBN 0804809844. info
  • TANABE, George Joji. Practically religious : worldly benefits and the common religion of Japan. Edited by Ian Reader. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998, xii, 303. ISBN 0824820908. info
  • The Kojiki : records of ancient matters. Edited by W. G. Aston, Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1982, lxxxv, 489. ISBN 9784805310762. info
Teaching methods
lectures and class discussion
Assessment methods
written test or essay
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022.
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