Pensumforslag til fordypning i Japans religioner

1. Allment (600s)
Winston Davis, Japanese Religion and Society: Paradigms of Structure and Change. New York 1992 (300s)

H. Byron Earhart, Religion in the Japanese Experience: Sources and Interpretation. 2.utgave. Belmont CA 1997 (300s)

2. Shinto (120s)
Sokyo Ono, Shinto – the Kami Way. Tokyo [1962] 1991 (120s)

3. Buddhisme (250s)
Yoshiro Tamura, Japanese Buddhism: A Cultural History. Tokyo 2000 (200s)

Ian Harris (red.), Buddhism and Politics in Twentieth-Century Asia. London & New York 1999, kap. 1 og 5 (50s).

4. Nye religioner (50s)
Kiyota Minoru, “Buddhism in Postwar Japan – a Critical Survey” i Monumenta Nipponica. Vol. 24, nr. 1/2 (1969): 113-136

Kazuo Kasahara, “The Growth of New Religious Movements” i A History of Japanese Religion. Tokyo 2001, s.561-584.

5. Ett av følgende spesialemner:
A. Zen-buddhisme

Heinrich Dumoulin, A History of Zen Buddhism. Vol. 2. New York 1990 (400s)

B. Shin-buddhisme
Esben Andreasen, Popular Buddhism in Japan – Shin Buddhist Religion and Culture. Honolulu 1998 (220s).

Richard K. Payne & Kenneth K. Tanaka (red.), Religious Praxis in the Cult of Amitabha. Honolulu 2003 (utvalg 180s).

Utdrag fra Tannisho og Kyogyoshinsho med innføring- og kommentartekster.

C. Shinto:
Kazuo Kasahara, “Shintô and Shugendô”, “Sectarian Shintô” og “State Shintô” i A History of Japanese Religion. Tokyo 2001, s.299-332, 475-494, 525-544.

John K. Nelson, A Year in the Life of a Shinto Shrine. Seattle 1996 (250s).

Susanna Fessler, “The Nature of the Kami: Ueda Akinari and Tandai Shoshin Roku” i Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 51, nr. 1 (1996): 1-15.

Ca. 70 sider utdrag fra Kojiki og Nihongi.

D. Nye religioner

Peter B. Clarke (red.), Japanese New Religions in Global Perspective. Richmond 2000 (320s).

Ca. 80 sider fordypningslitteratur i én nyreligiøs japansk sekt.