Comparative religious study of mission and conversion : Modernity, Religion and Colonialism

对“传播”与“皈依”的研究，是一项将表现危机化为学术契机的尝试性研究，目的是重新审视每一宗教传统自发延续的逻辑，并由此研究其历史状况。主要目的是：1)在一个新的类型学(正统和正统)的基础上重建一个更合适的宗教概念，而不是一个旧的以种族为中心的概念(一神论和多神论)；2)重新涵盖宗教研究的更广泛的研究主题，并将现代性的活力与民族主义、殖民主义和东方主义等政治经济文化因素联系起来。正是通过对各种历史案例的重新审视，我们的研究会议在去年的项目中举行了四次，产生了以下想法：关于传播和皈依关于土著和语言、习俗、传教过程的各种模式B)非传教型宗教的世界历史星座，c)向现代转变的各种模式。关于基督教的类型学a)基督教作为一种理想的宗教类型(实践和信仰的等价性)b)佛教、伊斯兰教、印度教和神道教(正统和正统)比较方法的局限性c)日本的宗教模式和所谓的万物有灵论这些思想将为我们提供宝贵的线索，以解决基于每个宗教不可解决的边界形象的局外人/局内人问题

This research on "propagation" and "conversion" was a tentative project to turn the crisis of representation into an academic chance, in order to re-examine the logic of spontaneous extension of each religious tradition and to study the historical situations as a result. The main purposes were as follows:1) to re-construct a more suitable conception of "religion" on the basis of a new typology (orthodoxy & orthopraxy) instead of an old ethno-centric one (monotheism & polytheism), 2) to re-cover a wider range of research topics for religions study, with the dynamism of modernity contextualized on politico-econo-cultural factors such as nationalism, colonialism and orientalism.It was through the re-examination of various historical cases that our research meetings held four times as the last project year gave birth to the following ideas:On propagation and conversiona)various patterns of missionary process concerning the native customs and languages,b)world-historical constellation of non-missionary type religions,c)various patterns of conversions to modernities.On typology of relirionsa)Christianity as an ideal type of religion (equivalence of practice & belief)b)limits of comparative method for Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism and Shintoism (orthodoxy & orthopraxy)c)Japanese model for religion and so-called animismThese ideas will provide us with valuable leads to solve the outsider/insider problem based on the insoluble border image of each religion