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Welcome to the website of Center for Information on Religion!
Our goal is to let people informed of the current in religions.
We have three pillars of study as follows:
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Religious and communal consciousness
in modern Japan |
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Offer Religious information and
media coverage in Japan |
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Study of the MahAparinirvANa-sUtra,
teaching of Buddha's last words |
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| 2006.4.23 |
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Naomi SATO attended the open course lectures "Science and Buddhism Series" |
Naomi Sato attended the "open course" lectures "Science and Buddhism Series" on April 15th. This was the first of the "open courses" held at Ryuunji Kaikan under the auspices of the Tokyo Zen Center.
Professor Dr. Shizuka SASAKI (Hanazono University) lectured on:
"Theories of evolution and Buddhistic cosmology". Various theories of evolution, including the preliminary Darwinian theory, were explained in an understandable way. Professor Sasaki suggested that the goal to which Science aspires conforms to the truth which Shakyamuni had communicated, so that it is now a very appropriate time to learn about Buddhism.
The transcript of this lecture with its questionnaires can be seen at the following URL:
http://www.myoshin-zen-c.jp/course/course1801/course1_1801.htm
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| 2009.8.29 |
mutual support communities in Japan |
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chonaikai-neighborhood association in japan
This paper was presented at an intercivilization dialogue Conference, "Development between the Traditional and the Modern:The Egyptian and Japanese Experiences," cosponsored by Cairo University, Egypt and Center for Information, Japan, at Cairo University, on October 12-13, 2008. The proceeding of this conference will be published.
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Kenta Kasai |
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Religious communities and Diversities in Japan |
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Identifying Muslim in Japan
A paper presented "Identifying Muslim Groups in Japan," The Challenges of Religious Pluralism and Dialogue: The West, the Middle East and Japan, Sousse, Tunisia, May 31-June 2, 2007. The proceeding of the conference is to be published.
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Kenta Kasai |
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| 2008.12.29 |
Conference |
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Cairo intercivilization dialogue conference schedule 2008
The schedule of Cairo University - CIR conference held at Cairo, October 2008.
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Pakinam El-Shalkawee and Kenta Kasai |
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| 2005.3.23 |
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On Usage of "spirituality" in the context of Japanese Media
We find various references to "spirituality" not only in religious context but also other "secular" ones. For instance, databases of such references as PsycINFO show recent drastic increase. My study is to itemise the very areas of the increase based on the research of the usage in periodicals widely to show the connotation of the term among common folks in Japan.
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Kenta Kasai |
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| 2005.3.23 |
spirituality |
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People who share their fragility:Alcoholics Anonymous'making of universal vocabularie
This is an analysis of the community consciousness of Alcoholics Anonymous, a self-help group movement for the people who hopes to stop drinking. The point of this paper is to show their elaborated vocabularies to encourage the members to share their fragility--shortcomings. Sharing fragility also works for the group cohesiveness and in turn to keep their sobriety.
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Kenta Kasai |
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