
Tenri Journal
of
ReligionLast updated: 3 May 2009
*The "Status" below is at the time
the article was written.
| Author | Status | Title |
| Koji SATO |
Chair of Oyasato Institute for the Study
of Religion, Tenri University Professor, Tenri University |
The Everliving Oyasama |
| Motokiyo FUKAYA |
Head Minister of Tenrikyo Yamatoyoki Branch
Church Part-time Lecturer, Tenri University |
Meaning, Ways, and Purpose of "Becoming Spirited" |
| Saburo MORISHITA |
Associate Professor, Tenri University |
A Reflection on the Monthly Service Sermon: Some Preliminary Considerations |
| Sadamichi ASHINA |
Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University |
Contemporary Christian Thought in Ecological Perspective |
| Tenrikyo Cosmology and Modern Age (Open Lectures on Tenrikyo Teachings, 2006) | ||
| Author | Status | Title |
| Akio INOUE |
Professor and Director at Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, Tenri University |
The Truth of Origin and the Present Age |
| Gen MIYATA |
Vice-director of Tenri Central Library, Tenri
University Professor Emeritus at Tenri University |
Tasuke Salvation |
| Masahiko OKADA |
Associate Professor at Tenri University |
Kagura-zutome Ritual: the Kagura Service |
| Shigeru NOGUCHI |
Research Fellow at Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, Tenri University |
Oya : God |
| Yomei MORI |
Research Fellow at Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, Tenri University |
Kokoro Hitotsu Wagari Mind: The Mind Alone is the Truth of Oneself |
| Takanori SATO |
Professor at Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, Tenri University |
Kashimono Karimono The Body: A Thing Lent, A Thing Borrowed |
| Midori HORIUCHI |
Professor at Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, Tenri University |
Denaoshi Death : Passing Away for Rebirth |
| Kazuhiro HATAKAMA |
Associate Professor at Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, Tenri University |
Hinokishin Work |
| Yoshinori SAWAI |
Professor at Tenri University |
Jijo no Motsure Worries: Entangled in Troubles |
| Harumichi FUKAGAWA |
Associate Professor at Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, Tenri University |
Mijo no Sawari Illness: Physical Disorder |
| Yoshitsugu SAWAI |
Professor at Tenri University |
Futatsu Hitotsu Logic: Oneness in Two |
| Koji SATO |
Chair of Oyasato Institute for the Study
of Religion, Tenri University Professor at Tenri University |
Kono Yo wa Kami no Karada The World: This Universe is the Body of God |
| The Fifteenth Tenri Taiwan Academic Conference, Taipei, 2005 | ||
| Author | Status | Title |
| Yoshiaki MIHAMA |
Director, Tenrikyo Overseas Department | Exchanges between Tenri and Taiwan |
| Koji SATO |
Professor, Tenri University Chief, Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, Tenri University |
The Second Shinbashira Shozen Nakayama and Taiwan Mission |
| Chia-Fang KAO |
Staff Fellow, Tenrikyo Overseas Department Part-time Lecturer, Tenri University |
A Century of Tenrikyo Mission in Taiwan: Its Reality and Future Prospect |
| Article | ||
| Kazuhiro HATAKAMA |
Associate Professor, Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, Tenri University | Images of Religion in Modern Japan: "Religion" as Recorded by Takase Michitsune and His Views |
| The XIXth International Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions in Tokyo (March 2005) | ||
| Author | Status | Title |
| Midori HORIUCHI |
Professor, Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, Tenri University | The Mikagura-uta and Tenrikyo |
| Shugo YAMANAKA |
Lecturer, Tenri University | Acceptance and Development of Faith: Children Growing up in Tenrikyo Churches |
| Saburo MORISHITA |
Associate Professor, Tenri University | The Gray Areas of Guidance: Utterances as a Form of "Violence" in Japanese New Religious Movements |
| Hideo KANDA |
Professor, Tenri University | The Birth of New Religions in Japan in the 19th Century and Traditional Cosmology |
| Akira KANEKO |
Professor, Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, Tenri University | Inter-religious Cooperation and Social Contribution Activities by the Federation of New Religious Organizations of Japan (Shinshuren) |
| Masayoshi KOBAYASHI |
Professor, Tenri University | Forming and Evoking Bodily Memories through Oration Concerning the Learning and Performing the Process of "Yamabushi-kagura" |
| Kazuhiro HATAKAMA |
Associate Professor, Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, Tenri University | Shinto and the Shirakawa House During the Late Tokugawa Period |
| Ikuo HIGASHIBABA |
Research Fellow, Tenrikyo Seminary Part-time Lecturer, Tenri University |
Christian Prayer in Tokugawa Japan |
| Kenzaburo MATSUDA |
Professor, Tenri University | On Cogitatio and Zeitlichkeit in Augustine and Heidegger |
| Ikuo HIGASHIBABA |
Research Fellow, Tenrikyo Seminary Part-time Lecturer, Tenri University |
Reductionism in the Study of Religion: A Reflection on its Debates in North America |
| Yoshitsugu SAWAI |
Professor, Tenri University | Constructing a New Bio-ethics from the Perspective of Toshihiko Izutsu's "Oriental Philosophy" |
| Yoshitsugu SAWAI |
Professor, Tenri University | Texts and Their Creative Interpretations: Reflections on the Vedanta Philosophy as the Hermeneutics of Upanisads |
| Katsumi SHIMADA |
Lecturer, Tenri University | "Religio" According to Nicolaus Cusanus - Apologetic Strategies in De pace fidei - |
| Masahiko OKADA |
Associate Professor, Tenri University | Report on 1. Buddha Dharma versus Buddhism: A Comparison between the "Vitalization Theory" of Inoue Enryo and the "Unification Theory" of Murakami Sensho and 2. Taking a Walk around the Hall of Philosophy: Science, Philosophy and Religion in Modern Japan |
| Tenrikyo Semantics | ||
| Author | Status | Title |
| Koji SATO |
Chair of Oyasato Institute for the Study
of Religion, Tenri University Professor at Tenri University |
Michi : Path |
| Yomei MORI |
Research Fellow at Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, Tenri University | Yoki : Joy |
| Yoshitsugu SAWAI |
Professor at Tenri University | Fushigi : Miracle |
| Midori HORIUCHI |
Professor at Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, Tenri University | Yamai : Illness |
| Akira KANEKO |
Associate Professor at Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, Tenri University | Hataraki : Workings |
| Takanori SATO |
Professor at Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, Tenri University | Nioi : Aroma |
| Masahiko OKADA |
Associate Professor at Tenri University | Hokori : Dust |
| Shigeru NOGUCHI |
Research Fellow at Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, Tenri University | Isami : Spiritedness |
| Kazuhiro HATAKAMA |
Associate Professor at Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, Tenri University | Sekai : World |
| Yoshinori SAWAI |
Professor at Tenri University | Kokoro : Mind |
| Gen MIYATA |
Vice-director of Tenri Central Library, Tenri
University Professor Emeritus at Tenri University |
Innen : Causality |
| Akio INOUE |
Professor and Director at Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, Tenri University | "Human Faces" and The "Truth of Origin" |
| Author | Status | Title |
| Akio INOUE |
Professor and Director at Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, Tenri University |
A Thought on the "Meaning" of the World of "meaning" - Tenrikyo Semantics |
| Hideo NAKAJIMA |
Professor Emeritus at Tenri University |
"This Universe Is the Body of God: Ponder This in All Matters." |
| Shigeru SERIZAWA |
Professor Emeritus at Tenri University |
"Your Lack of Understanding Is the Regret of God" |
| Charles H. LONG |
Professor Emeritus at University of California, Santa Barbara |
Theory and Method for Religious Studies: A New Arche for the Study of Religion |
| William A. GRAHAM |
Professor at Harvard University |
Reflections on Comparative Study in Religion: "Scripture" as a Case in Point |
| Masako KETA |
Professor at Kyoto University |
Modern Society and Philosophy of Religion |
| Susumu SHIMAZONO |
Professor at University of Tokyo |
Contemporary Religion and Religious Studies: The Concept of "Religion" in Post Axial Civilization |
| Yoshitsugu SAWAI |
Professor at Tenri University |
New Developments of the Study of Religion |
| Author | Status | Title |
| Masakazu TSUJII |
Professor at Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, Tenri University |
The Development of Wisdom and Script: Environmental Issues and Scientific Technology |
| Yoshinori SAWAI |
Professor at Tenri University |
Mutually Respecting and Aiding One Another: Environmental Problems and Religion |
| Yoshitsugu SAWAI |
Professor at Tenri University |
Tsutsushimi is the Virtue, Tsutsushimi is the Broad Path: Environmental Problems and Ethics |
| Midori HORIUCHI |
Associate Professor at Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, Tenri University |
No Distinction Between Female and Male Pines: Environmental Issues and Women |
| Takanori SATO |
Associate Professor at Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, Tenri University |
From a Knot, Buds Will Sprout: Environmental Issues and Ecosystem |
| Panel Discussion | Environmental Issues and Tenrikyo | |
| Hirochika NAKAMAKI |
Professor at National Museum of Ethnology |
Company Funeral of the Corporate Founder: Panasonic and Sony |
| Matthew EYNON |
Associate Professor at Tenri University |
Nioi-gake from a Cultural Perspective: Its Relation to Cross-cultural Missonary Work |
| Author | Status | Title |
| Takekazu MATSUTANI |
Head Minister of Tenrikyo Nanka Branch Church |
The Truth of Origin and World Salvation |
| Saburo MORISHITA |
Lecturer at Tenri University |
A Reflection on the Body |
| Midori HORIUCHI |
Associate Professor at Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion |
The "Foundation of the Path" and
Woman - Women appearing in "Senjin no omokage" in the Michinodai - |
| Kazuhiro HATAKAMA |
Lecturer at Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion |
Society and Tenrikyo during the Meiji Period |
| Author | Status | Title |
| Teruaki IIDA |
Chief Librarian at Tenri Central Library, Tenri University |
The Family |
| Yoshitsugu SAWAI |
Professor at Tenri University |
Parents and Children |
| Midori HORIUCHI |
Associate Professor at Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion |
Husband and Wife - The Root of the "Joyous Life" - |
| Masakazu TSUJII |
Professor at Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion |
A Perspective on the Use of "Brothers and Sisters" in the Osashizu: All Humankind as Brothers and Sisters, and Spiritual Brothers and Sisters |
| Takahiko HAYASHI |
Ph.D Candidate, University of Chicago |
Reconceptualizing the New: Anesaki Masaharu's Writings on Religion and New Religion |
| Kazuta KURAUCHI |
Professor Emeritus at Osaka University |
Nakayama Miki and Human Science - The Quest for the Doroumi Koki (Continues from the preceding number) - |
| Author | Status | Title |
| Kazuta KURAUCHI |
Professor Emeritus at Osaka University |
Nakayama Miki and Human Science - The Quest for the Doroumi Koki |
| Atsuhiko YOSHIDA |
Professor at Gakushuin University |
The Beginning of the Cult of Mother Earth in Europe and in Japan |
| Author | Status | Title |
| Yoshitsugu SAWAI |
Professor at Tenri University |
The Appellations of God the Parent: An Analysis of "God,""Tsukihi,"and "Parent" |
| Yoshihiro ARAKAWA |
Assistant Professor at Tenri University |
A Study of the "Truth of Origin" and the Universe |
| Koichi CHAMOTO |
Lecturer at Tenri Graduate Seminary |
On Missionary Work - A Study Based on Issues Relating to Entering the Faith |
| Masakazu TSUJII |
Professor at Oyasato Research Institute |
Tenrikyo's Missionary Activities in Modern Society - A Study Based on Church Statistics |
| Shigeru SERIZAWA |
Professor at Oyasato Research Institute |
To Participate in Salvation: Tenrikyo Scriptures and Missionary Work |
| Yoshio YASUMARU |
Professor Emeritus at Hitotsubashi University |
Popular Religions and the Experience of Modernity |
| Irit AVERBUCH |
Dept. of Asian Studies, Tel-Aviv University |
Dancing the Doctrine: Esoteric Buddhism in a Yamabushi Kagura Performance |
| Ikuo HIGASHIBABA |
Part-Time Lecturer at Tenri University Staff Member, Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department |
Making Sense of Christianity in Sixteenth - Century Japan: "Kirishitan"and Christian Symbols |
| Author | Status | Title |
| Hideo NAKAJIMA | Professor at Oyasato Research Institute | Denaoshi: A View That Goes beyond Life and Death - Tenrikyo Concept of Life and Death - |
| Satoshi SHIONOYA | Professor at Tenri University | Missionary Work and Churches: A Tentative Study |
| Yoshinori SAWAI | Professor at Tenri University | The Ethics of Faith |
| Yoshitsugu SAWAI | Professor at Tenri University | The Meaning of "To Be Alive": From the Perspective of Tenrikyo Anthropology |
| Hitoshi MIYAKE | Professor at Keio University | The Idea of Nature in Japanese Folk Religion |
| Author | Status | Title |
| Fusato IHASHI | Professor at Tenri University | Harmony and Coexistence: The Viewpoint of Living in the World of God |
| Gen MIYATA | Professor at Tenri University | Creation and Salvation: A Study on the Tenrikyo View of Salvation |
| Taketo HASHIMOTO | Professor at Tenri University | Thoughts on "Only by Inspiring Everyone" A Part of the Tenrikyo View of Humanity |
| Susumu SHIMAZONO | Professor at Tokyo University | On Contemporary Salvation Religion |
| Hirochika NAKAMAKI | Professor at National Museum of Ethnology (Osaka) | Two Triadic Theories of Japanese Religions in Reference to Their Thought and Structure |
| Matthew EYNON | Associate Professor at Tenri University | Japanese Modern Religious Manga: An Ancient Tradition in New Clothing |
| Author | Status | Title |
| Shigeru MATSUMOTO | Professor at University of the Sacred
Heart in Tokyo Head Minister of Tenrikyo Keigo Branch Church |
On the Truth of Innen |
| Shiro IKEDA | Associate Professor at Tenri University | Returning, Rebirth, Departure: The Phenomenology of Returning to Ojiba |
| Yukie IHASHI | Assistant at Tenri Graduate Seminary | The Doctrinal Expression: Regarding the Word "Parent"/"parent" in the Osashizu |
| Masaru SOYAMA | Head Minister of Tenrikyo Rikumaki Branch Church | Do not think where the paradise or the hell is. It is all in our mind. |
| Charles R. BOXER | Professor Emeritus, University of London Japanese Studies and Cross-Cultural Relations |
Some Reflections on Macao, Nagasaki, and the Maritime Silk Trade in the Late 16th and Early 17th Centuries |
| James S. CUMMINS | Professor Emeritus, University of London A Disciple of Professor Boxer |
Some Meiji-period Students in Victorian England |
| Kazuo MATSUMURA | Associate Professor at Tenri University | Birds as Symbols of the Realm of the Sacred in Japanese Myth |
| Author | Status | Title |
| Teruo NISHIYAMA | Former Editor of Tenrikyo Doyusha | Oyasama's View of Future |
| Mikio YASUI | Lecturer at Tenri Seminary | The Structure of Salvation - In Connection with Shuji's Leg Trouble |
| Susumu MORI | Dean of Foreign Language Department, Tenrikyo Language Institute Lecturer at Tenri University |
The Influence of Historical Trends in Religious Studies: Methodological Change in the Studies of the Tenrikyo Religion by Christian Missionaries and Western Scholars of Religion |
| Carl BECKER | Associate Professor at Kyoto University | Mechanism and Features of Religious Healing |
| Akpenpuun DZURGBA | University at Ibadan, Nigeria | Social Implications of Religious Evil Signs: A Case Study of the Tiv People |
| Author | Status | Title |
| Akio INOUE | Secretary-General, Tenri Yamato Culture Congress Honbu-jun'in |
"Signs Coincided" and the Way of "Devine Model" |
| Shigeu MATSUMOTO | Professor at the University of
the Sacred Heart Lecturer at Tenri University |
An Approach to "The Truth of Creation" (Moto-no-ri) |
| Masakazu TSUJII | Associate Professor at Tenri University | Machinery and Cosmology |
| Interview | The Overseas Mission of Tenrikyo in Its Early Stage (2) | |
| Hideo KANDA | Lecturer at Oyasato Research Institute Tenri University |
Religious Thought of Nyoraikyo |
| Koji SATO | Associate Professor at Tenri University | "Chao-sheng" - The Religious Ritual to Save Departed Souls in Taiwan - |
| Author | Status | Title |
| Hideo NAKAJIMA | Professor at Tenri University | A Theological Understanding of "Virtue" in Tenrikyo Faith |
| Masaaki HAYASAKA | Professor at Tenri University | Tenrikyo under the Structure of National Shintoism - Double faced Aspects in the Development of Tenrikyo during the Lifetime of the Foundress - |
| Shigeru SERIZAWA | Professor at Tenri University | The Soul and the Parental Heart |
| Interview | The Overseas Mission of Tenrikyo in Its Early Stage | |
| Hitoshi MIYAKE | Professor at Tenri University | Female Prohibition at Mt. Sanjo, the Omine Mts. |
| Matthew EYNON | Ph.D. Candidate, Indiana University | Form and Function in the Japanese Mikoshi and the Chinese Chiaozu |