Religion and Minority: lived religion, migration and marginalities in secular societies

宗教与少数民族：世俗社会中的宗教、移民和边缘化

• 批准号: ES/S013482/1
• 负责人: Erica Baffelli
• 金额: $ 6.31万
• 依托单位: University of Manchester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FS013482%2F1
• 关键词: Religion; Minority; lived; religion; migration

The aim of the "Religion and Minority: lived religion, migration and marginalities in secular societies" research group is to develop a long-term collaboration between researchers based at UK and Japan universities working on 'religious minority' and on minority groups inside religious organizations. The objective of the network is to investigate 'marginality' and the concept of 'minority' in religious contexts, not only from the point of view of how minority groups are constructed and defined in different cultural and social contexts, but also in terms of how marginalised groups use religion to construct their identity vis-à-vis the larger society and/or to negotiate their place inside religious traditions. The project seeks to establish an international network of experienced and early-career researchers in the UK and Japan to explore the above-mentioned topics using a variety of case studies, and to foster innovative methodologies and approaches to the study of religion in contemporary society. Discussing minority religion entails a conversation about 'boundaries', for example how a group is defined and perceived as 'minority' in a specific context, but also about how definitions of marginality are not predetermined or permanent, but are formed through social processes and fluctuate historically, and also about how religion is used by minority or marginalized groups to articulate their identity and status in society.The UK- where immigrant communities have established their own religious traditions, while numerous new or 'alternative' groups have emerged in recent decades- and Japan- a society where numerous 'new' religions have emerged in modern times, where people have displayed interests in religious traditions from outside Japan and where different immigrant groups are trying to retain their identities through religious engagement- provide a striking cross-cultural context through which to examine these issues. While studies of issues related to 'new' , 'minority' and 'alternative religions have been carried out in UK and Japanese contexts, these have largely operated within their particular cultural spheres. Our view is that by working together we can strengthen the approaches of each, and enhance comparative frameworks through which more scientifically nuanced understandings of religious minority issues can be developed. We will enhance both Western-centred and Japan-centred studies by enabling scholars specializing in these areas to work together, learn from each other's study areas, and strengthen their own understandings via such cross-cultural engagement and seeing how the issues they are studying play out in other social and cultural contexts. More ambitiously, by combining an analysis of minority groups and of alternative voices inside religious organizations the research group has the potential to produce innovative theoretical frameworks, contributing to, but also going beyond, discussions on 'definitions of religion' and on the current debates on 'secularism/secularities/religion(s)' in different cultural contexts now being widely investigated and debated in UK and Japan academia and in the wider field of the study of religion. Indeed, too often we have narrowed our understanding of religion, minorities and secularism, by focusing on Euro-American cases, or a US/Europe comparison. De-centering the sociology of religion is now an important move to make. By also including experts on other contexts, such as Russia and Malaysia, it will also encourage researchers to go beyond European/North American (and Japanese) centred perspectives on minority religion. Furthermore the research group will share research methodologies and practices (by conducting fieldwork together) and implement innovative joint training for ECR researchers with a focus on developing intercultural skills.

“宗教与少数群体：世俗社会中活着的宗教、移民和边缘化”研究小组的目的是在英国和日本大学研究“宗教少数群体”的研究人员和宗教组织中的少数群体研究人员之间建立长期合作关系。该网络的目的是调查宗教背景下的“边缘”和“少数群体”概念，不仅从不同文化和社会背景下如何构建和界定少数群体的角度，而且从被边缘化的群体如何利用宗教来构建其相对于更大社会的身份和/或谈判其在宗教传统中的地位的角度。该项目寻求在英国和日本建立一个由经验丰富的早期研究人员组成的国际网络，利用各种案例研究探索上述主题，并促进当代社会宗教研究的创新方法和方法。讨论少数民族宗教需要讨论“边界”，例如，一个群体在特定背景下如何被定义和被视为“少数群体”，还包括边缘的定义如何不是预先确定的或永久的，而是通过社会过程形成的，并随着历史的变化而变化，还包括少数群体或边缘化群体如何利用宗教来阐明他们在社会中的身份和地位。英国--移民社区建立了自己的宗教传统，而近几十年来出现了许多新的或“另类”群体--以及日本--现代社会出现了许多“新”宗教。人们对来自日本以外的宗教传统表现出兴趣，不同的移民群体试图通过宗教参与来保持自己的身份--提供了一个引人注目的跨文化背景，通过这种背景来审视这些问题。虽然在英国和日本的背景下开展了与“新”、“少数”和“另类宗教”相关的问题的研究，但这些主要是在各自特定的文化领域内进行的。我们认为，通过共同努力，我们可以加强各自的方法，并加强比较框架，通过这些框架，可以对宗教少数群体问题形成更科学的细微差别的理解。我们将加强以西方为中心和以日本为中心的研究，使这些领域的专门学者能够合作，相互学习对方的研究领域，并通过这种跨文化接触加强自己的理解，看看他们正在研究的问题如何在其他社会和文化背景下发挥作用。更雄心勃勃的是，通过结合对少数群体和宗教组织内部不同声音的分析，该研究小组有可能产生创新的理论框架，有助于但也超越了关于“宗教的定义”的讨论，以及目前在不同文化背景下关于“世俗主义/世俗主义/宗教(S)”的辩论，目前英国和日本学术界以及更广泛的宗教研究领域正在广泛调查和辩论。事实上，我们经常通过关注欧美案例或美国/欧洲的比较来缩小我们对宗教、少数族裔和世俗主义的理解。去中心的宗教社会学现在是一个重要的举措。通过纳入俄罗斯和马来西亚等其他背景下的专家，它还将鼓励研究人员超越以欧洲/北美(和日本)为中心的少数群体宗教观点。此外，研究小组将分享研究方法和实践(通过共同开展实地工作)，并对ECR研究人员进行创新的联合培训，重点是发展跨文化技能。

项目成果

'Seen' as religious: social and institutional invisibility of Rissho Koseikai's youth

“被视为”宗教：立正公成会青年时代的社会和制度隐形

• DOI: 10.1080/09637494.2023.2213516
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Religion, State and Society
• 作者: Di Febo A

Fear and the construction of minority religions in Japan

恐惧与日本少数民族宗教的建设

• DOI: 10.1080/09637494.2023.2212579
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Religion, State and Society
• 作者: Baffelli E

Religion and minority in Japanese contexts

日本背景下的宗教和少数民族

• DOI: 10.1080/09637494.2023.2222623
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Religion, State and Society
• 作者: Baffelli E

An unwelcome minority: banning Buddhist practices, marginalising itinerants, and constructing heritage in a Japanese pilgrimage

不受欢迎的少数群体：禁止佛教活动、边缘化流动者以及在日本朝圣中建设遗产

• DOI: 10.1080/09637494.2023.2200368
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Religion, State and Society
• 作者: Reader I

• DOI: 10.1192/bjb.2020.135
• 发表时间: 2021-06
• 期刊: BJPsych Bulletin
• 影响因子: 2.6
• 作者: Mistry AD