Secular Shrine Theory
Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). was a theory of religion from Japan. People came up with it in the Meiji period.[1] It was the idea that Shinto Shrines were secular in their nature rather than religious.[2] It said that Shinto was not a religion, but was a secular set of Japanese national traditions. This was used by State Shinto to argue that the state controlling and enforcing Shinto was not a violation of freedom of religion. It was subject to immense debate over this time and ultimately declined and disappeared during the Shōwa era.[3]
See also
- Political science
- American civil religion often conceptualized in a similar way
- State Shinto the resulting policies of this theory
- Shendao shejiao
References
- ↑ Rots, Aike P. (2017). "Public Shrine Forests? Shinto, Immanence, and Discursive Secularization". Japan Review (30): 179–205. ISSN 0915-0986. JSTOR 44259466.
- ↑ 均, 新田 (2020-08-10). "加藤玄智の国家神道観". 宗教法研究 (in 日本語) (14): 199–230. Archived from the original on 2023-05-20. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
- ↑ 文部省 (1972-01-01). 学制百年史 (in 日本語). Vol. 第1巻:記述編. 帝国地方行政学会. pp. 第5章:学術・文化 第5節:宗教 宗教団体法の制定. ASIN B000J9MMZI.