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.

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.

The schedule of Cairo University - CIR conference held at Cairo, October 2008.

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.

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.

This is a study of the term "spirituality" of Alcoholics Anonymous in Japanese context. Though it is a very popular word for the members in the United States, it is not true to the Japanese ones. The reason is assumed to be the lack of Christian vocabulary in Japanese context.