Promoting Internationalization through the Publication of Materials on the History of Japanese Religions

在过去的三年里，我们专注于收集材料，征集作者，并编辑从夏威夷大学出版社收集的文章，最终作为日本宗教南赞指南出版。我们在南赞宗教文化研究所的互联网主页上为这项工作的内容准备了一个运行的“厨房页面”，以管理该项目并向作者通报其进展情况。项目负责人和小组的其他成员(Swanson、Kisala、Chilson、Okuyama)参加了2002年11月在加拿大多伦多举行的美国宗教学会年会，与出版商和各种贡献者讨论该项目。文集内容如下：第一节宗教传统1.日本宗教(Robert Kisala)，2.神道(Norman Havens)，3.日本佛教(Jacquiline Stone)，4.民间宗教(Ian Reader)，5.新宗教(Trevor Astley)，6.日本基督教(Mark Mullins)第二节史学1.古代(MatSumura Kazuo)，2.古典(Yoshida Kazuhiko)，3.中世纪(William Bodiford)，4.早期现代(Duncan Williams)，5.现代(Hayashi Makoto)，6.现代(Shimazono Susumu)第三节。象征主义，仪式和艺术(理查德·佩恩)，2.文学和圣经(罗伯特·莫雷尔)，3.国家和宗教(海伦·哈达克)，4.地理和环境(芭芭拉·安布罗斯)，5.思想史(托马斯·卡苏利斯)，6.性别(川桥纪子)第四节。其他随笔1。查找日语参考著作、资料和使用日语图书馆(牧野康子)，2.使用档案收藏(Brian Ruppert)，3.进行关于日本宗教的田野调查(Scott Schnell)

For the past three years we have concentrated on gathering materials, soliciting authors, and editing essays collected for eventual publication from University of Hawaii Press as The Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions. We prepared a running "galley's page" on the contents of this work on the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture internet home page to manage the project and keep the authors informed of its progress. The project leader and other members of the team (Swanson, Kisala, Chilson, Okuyama) attended the annual conference of the American Academy of Religion in Toronto, Canada, in November 2002 to discuss the project with the publisher and with various contributors. The contents of the collection are as follows :Section I. Religious Traditions1.Japanese Religions (Robert Kisala), 2. Shinto (Norman Havens), 3. Japanese Buddhism (Jacquiline Stone), 4. Folk Religion (Ian Reader), 5. New Religions (Trevor Astley), 6. Japanese Christianity (Mark Mullins)Section II. Historical1. Ancient (Matsumura Kazuo), 2. Classical (Yoshida Kazuhiko), 3. Medieval (William Bodiford), 4. Early Modern (Duncan Williams), 5. Modern (Hayashi Makoto), 6. Contemporary (Shimazono Susumu)Section III. Thematic1. Symbolism, Ritual and the Arts (Richard Payne), 2. Literature and Scripture (Robert Morrell), 3. State and Religion (Helen Hardacre), 4. Geography and Environment (Barbara Ambros), 5. Intellectual History (Thomas Kasulis), 6. Gender (Kawahashi Noriko)Section IV. Other Essays1. Finding Japanese Reference Works, Sources, and Using Japanese Libraries (Yasuko Makino), 2. Working with Archive Collections (Brian Ruppert), 3. Conducting Fieldwork on Japanese Religions (Scott Schnell)