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*Articles are written in English.

Last updated: 3 May 2009


*The "Status" below is at the time the article was written.

Number 37 (March 2009)

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

Number 36 (March 2008)

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

Number 35 (March 2007)

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

Number 34 (March 2006)

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

Number 33 (March 2005)

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"

Number 32 (March 2004)

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

Number 31 (March 2003)

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

Number 30 (March 2002)

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

Number 29 (March 2001)

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) -

Number 28 (March 2000)

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

Number 27 (March 1999)

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

Number 26 (February 1998)

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

Number 25 (March 1997)

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

Number 24 (March 1996)

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

Number 23 (March 1995)

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

Number 22 (December 1988)

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 -

Number 21 (December 1987)

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

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