"This volume is based on presentations made at the International Conference on "Empire of Religions: Exploring Belief and Practice in Imperial Japan and Colonial Korea," co-organized and hosted by the New Zealand asia Institute (NAZAI)'s Japan Studies and Korea Studies Centres at the University of Auckland, 26-27 July 2015."--Acknowledgments.
International conference proceedings.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Finding religion in Japan's empire -- State Shinto policy in colonial Korea -- Korean Buddhist historiography and the legacies of Japanese colonialism (1910-1945) -- The adventures of a Japanese monk in colonial Korea : Sōma Shōei's zen training with Korean masters -- Eastern learning divided : the split in the tonghak religion and the Japanese annexation of Korea, 1904-1910 -- Between God and Caesar : the position of the non-church movement in Korea and Japan from 1927 to 1945 -- Developing an imperial theology : transforming "others" into "brothers in Christ" for a multiethnic empire -- The question of quintessence ; Buddhism in wartime Japanese academia -- Transnational contexts of Tenrikyo Mission in Korea : Korea, Manchuria, and the United States -- Poch'on'gyo and the imperial state : negotiations between the spiritual and secular governments -- US occupation policy on Shinto in postliberation Korea and occupied Japan -- Religion in occupied Japan : the impact of SCAP's policies on Shinto