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Jason Josephson, “The Invention of Religion in Japan” (University of Chicago Press, 2012)
In 1853, the Japanese were required to consider what the word religion meant when western powers compelled the Tokugawa government to ensure freedom of religion to Christian missionaries. The challenge this request posed was based on the fact that prior to the nineteenth century Japanese language had no parallel terminology...
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