Visiting Religious Places for Prayer in Japan: How Does Religious Identity Affect Religious Behavior?
Visiting Religious Places for Prayer in Japan: How Does Religious Identity Affect Religious Behavior?
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前往日本宗教场所祈祷：宗教身份如何影响宗教行为？
DOI：
10.1007/s13644-019-00389-8
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发表时间：
2020
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Ryotaro Uemura
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作者：
Saeko Kikuzawa;Ryotaro Uemura;Ryotaro Uemura
本文探讨了日本的宗教身份与宗教行为之间的关系。先前的研究表明，仪式的做法，而不是教义和神学更重要的日本宗教。虽然许多研究讨论了日本的各种仪式行为，但很少有研究者采用统计分析来探讨日本人前往宗教场所祈祷的做法。此外，虽然美国先前的研究表明，宗教身份与宗教行为有关，但对日本是否存在这种联系知之甚少。在这项研究中，我分析了日本成年人的全国代表性样本，并研究宗教身份的主观重要性是否与访问寺庙，神社或教堂等地方祈祷的频率相关。研究结果显示，宗教身份重要性与拜访祈祷频率之间存在双变量关系。多变量分析表明，宗教身份的重要性是积极的访问，即使在控制宗教信仰和其他人口属性。此外，结果表明，宗教信仰（佛教，其他宗教）与访问呈正相关。但是，其他宗教的影响比佛教强得多。鉴于日本宗教的现有奖学金，研究结果表明，宗教身份的行为含义可能因宗教信仰而异。总体而言，本研究扩展了先前的研究，实证证明了宗教身份的宗教仪式行为在日本的实质性作用，并进一步推进了我们对日本宗教性的理论理解。
This paper examines how religious identity is associated with religious behavior in Japan. Prior research suggests that ritual practices rather than doctrines and theology are more important for Japanese religiousness. While many studies discuss various ritual behaviors in Japan, few researchers adopted statistical analysis to explore the Japanese practice of visiting religious places for prayer. Moreover, although prior United States-based research has demonstrated that religious identity is associated with religious behavior, little is known about whether such an association exists in Japan. In this study, I analyze a nationally representative sample of Japanese adults and examine whether the subjective importance of religious identity is associated with the frequency of visiting places such as temples, shrines, or churches for prayer. The results show that there is a bivariate relationship between religious identity importance and the frequency of visiting for prayer. Multivariate analyses reveal that religious identity importance is positively associated with visiting even when controlling for religious affiliation and other demographic attributes. Moreover, the results indicate that religious affiliations (Buddhism, other religions) are positively associated with visiting. However, the effect of other religions is much stronger than that of Buddhism. Given the existing scholarship on Japanese religiousness, the findings suggest that the behavioral implication of religious identity could differ by religious affiliation. Overall, this study extends prior research by empirically demonstrating the substantial role of religious identity for religious ritual behavior in Japan and further advances our theoretical understanding of Japanese religiousness.