Total Research for Religious Bodies in Modern Japan

我们在1986年和1987年对现代日本的宗教团体做了全面的研究。我们讨论了真宗神道教、恭下神道教、佛教教派（宗多信教、弘庵宗、日莲宗、梭陀宗、信教、玄玄宗）、基督教教派和新宗教（孔国宗、天理宗）。我们尽可能多地收集数据并进行分析。我们还在东京银座和大阪梅田进行了实地考察，以了解城市化与宗教团体的关系。如今，科技的发展正在动态地改变着日本社会。宗教团体也受到这一趋势的影响。我们很容易在两个方面发现宗教团体的转变。一个是城市化的影响。城市化改变了现代宗教状况。另一个是利用新媒体，特别是视觉媒体，振兴神道教和佛教。我们的结论是，宗教形势是动态变化的，我们对宗教的理解必须根据当前的宗教形势而变化。

We did the total research for religious bodies in modern Japan in 1986 and 1987. We dealt with Jinzya-Shinto, Kyouha(Sect)-Shinto, Buddhism Sects( Zyuudoshinshuu honganji-sect, Nichiren-sect, Soto-sect, Shingon-myousinji-sect ), Christian-sects, and New Religions( Konkoukyou, Tenrikyou ). We gathered the data as many as possible and analyzed. We also did the field work in Tokyo Ginza and Osaka Umeda to Know the relationship between the urbanaization and religiou bodies. Now the development of the thecnology has been changing japanese society dynamically. Religious bodies also has been effected by that trend. We find easyly the transformation of religious bodies in two respects. One is the effect of urabanization. Urbaniazation has transformed the moderan religious situation. Another is the revitalization of Shinto and Buddhist sect by useing the new media, especially visual media. We concluded that the religious situation has been changing dynamically and our understanding of religion has to change according to the present religious situation.