In this study, Ian Reader presents new insights into the relationship between religion and tourism more generally and into the contemporary religious situation in Japan. He counteracts scholarship that claims tourism increases religious activity, shows that tourism is a factor in increasing secularization in Japan and draws attention to the role of the state in such contexts. Although the Japanese constitution prohibits the state from promoting religion, this book shows how state agencies nonetheless encourage people to visit religious sites, by presenting them as manifestations of a shared…mehr
In this study, Ian Reader presents new insights into the relationship between religion and tourism more generally and into the contemporary religious situation in Japan. He counteracts scholarship that claims tourism increases religious activity, shows that tourism is a factor in increasing secularization in Japan and draws attention to the role of the state in such contexts. Although the Japanese constitution prohibits the state from promoting religion, this book shows how state agencies nonetheless encourage people to visit religious sites, by presenting them as manifestations of a shared heritage, in ways that distance them from 'religion'. Reader examines theoretical understandings of religion and tourism and presents case studies of famed pilgrimage routes and temples. He shows how Zen monasteries are now 'tourist brands' and pilgrimages are the focus of TV entertainment programmes, portrayed as opportunities to eat sweets. Examining the nationalistic rhetoric of nostalgia and unique heritage that underpins the promotion of religious sites, Reader also considers why priests acquiesce in such matters.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Ian Reader is Professor Emeritus at the University of Manchester, UK. His prime areas of research are on religious dynamics in the contemporary world, with a special focus on Japan, on pilgrimage and on the links between religion and violence. He is the author of numerous books, articles and chapters about such issues, including Pilgrims Until We Die: Unending Pilgrimage in Shikoku, co-authored with John Shultz, (2021) and Dynamism and the Ageing of a Japanese "New" Religion, co-authored with Erica Baffelli (Bloomsbury, 2019).
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Introduction: Tourist Spots Holy Ice Creams and Zen Monastic Brands 1. Religion and Tourism: Definitions Theoretical Perspectives and Contemporary Japanese Dynamics 2. Temples Shrines and Play: Historical Patterns Transport Networks and State Policies 3. When Religion is Not Religious: The State Tourism and Constitutional Acrobatics 4. What Shall We Do on Wednesday? The Shikoku Pilgrimage Tourism Heritage and Economic Regeneration 5. Stations Stamps and the Significance of Sweets in the Saikoku Pilgrimage 6. Mystical Mountains and Ascetic Training as Tourist Attractions: Spiritual Japan for Visitors Concluding Comments: Religion Tourism the State Decline and Secularisation Bibliography Index
Introduction: Tourist Spots Holy Ice Creams and Zen Monastic Brands 1. Religion and Tourism: Definitions Theoretical Perspectives and Contemporary Japanese Dynamics 2. Temples Shrines and Play: Historical Patterns Transport Networks and State Policies 3. When Religion is Not Religious: The State Tourism and Constitutional Acrobatics 4. What Shall We Do on Wednesday? The Shikoku Pilgrimage Tourism Heritage and Economic Regeneration 5. Stations Stamps and the Significance of Sweets in the Saikoku Pilgrimage 6. Mystical Mountains and Ascetic Training as Tourist Attractions: Spiritual Japan for Visitors Concluding Comments: Religion Tourism the State Decline and Secularisation Bibliography Index
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