The Formulation of the Hub for the Promotion of Internationalization of Religious Studies and the General Research on the History of Religious Studies

该项目主要对日本的神道观念、现代佛教、新宗教运动、宗教间对话以及一般的宗教研究史进行了研究。我们方法的核心是形成一个由美国、新西兰、英国和挪威的国际研究合作者组成的中心。目前，我们正在准备一本关于神道各种概念的英文选集，这本选集将在我们出版题为《现代佛教在日本》的卷之后出版。此外，我们还为《日本宗教研究杂志》编辑了一期关于日本新宗教运动的特刊，并为网络创建了与日本宗教有关的图像数据库。我们还用英语和日语出版了《五旬节派和萨满教在亚洲》一书。

This project conducted research on the concepts of Shinto, Modern Buddhism, the new religious movements, and interreligious dialogue mainly in Japan, as well as the history of religious studies in general. Central to our approach was the formulation of a hub of international research collaborators from U. S. A., New Zealand, U. K., and Norway. Currently, we are preparing an anthology in English on the various concepts of Shinto, which will follow our publication of a volume entitled Modern Buddhism in Japan. In addition, we have edited a special issue on new religious movements in Japan for the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies and have created a database of images related to Japanese religions for the web. We have also published the book Pentecostalism and Shamanism in Asia in both English and Japanese.