The Lotus Sutra’s One Vehicle and Rissho Kosei-kai’s Understanding of Interfaith Relations : The Ambivalence of Religious Inclusivism and Prospects for Embracing Religious Pluralism for the 21st Century
This presentation will explore the Lotus Sutra-based understanding of the diversity of religions that underpins the Japanese Buddhist religious group Rissho Kosei-kai’s approach to interfaith cooperation and dialogue. I will examine how Rissho Kosei-kai creatively reinterpreted prewar Nichirenism’s stance toward the diversity of religions to support an inclusivist embrace of other religions and enter dialogue with them. However, I determine that those innovations have an ambiguous contemporary legacy, as aspects of Rissho Kosei-kai’s inclusivist notion of the “oneness” of religions cannot transcend reductive inclusivism to provide a coherent account of religious pluralism.In the conclusion of this presentation, I will reflect on the potential for establishing a practical framework for understanding religious pluralism for Rissho Kosei-kai and consider the prospects for embracing a thoroughgoing pluralism from the standpoint of the Lotus Sutra tradition.
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Abstract Introduction Rissho Kosei-kai History and Context Embrace of Interfaith Dialogue Interfaith Dialogue and Doctrinal Innovation The Lotus Sutra’s Synthesis An Ecumenical or Exclusivist Text? Nichirenism and Religious Diversity The Lotus Sutra as a Template for Reacting to Religious Diversity Chapter Sixteen’s “Six Ways in which the Tathāgata Manifests in the World” Chapter Twenty-one and the “Future Oneness of Teachings” Stances Toward Other Religions: Tripartite Division of Strategies Nichirenism’s Sense Making of the Diversity of Religions: Inclusivist Replacement Model Japan Discovers Religious Diversity Chapter Twenty-one’s “Future Oneness of Teachings” Niwano Nikkyō’s Reformulation Niwano’s Starting Point The Ambivalence of Inclusivism Niwano’s Starting Point Niwano’s Transformation and Doctrinal Innovation: “The Six Ways in which the Tathāgata Manifests in the World” Niwano’s Doctrinal Innovation: the “Future Oneness of Teachings” The Ambivalence of Inclusivism Niwano’s “Gentle Inclusivism” The Pluralist Revolution The Pluralist Revolution and Rissho Kosei-kai Prospects for the Development of a Pluralistic View Hints of Religious Pluralism? References
금강대학교 불교문화연구소 [Geumgang Center for Buddhist Studies]
설립연도
2003
분야
인문학>불교학
소개
불교학의 제 분야에서 활약하는 우수한 소장학자를 연구교수 및 연구원으로 초빙하여 불교문헌의 연구와 번역, 출판과 학술교류등 사업을 추진한다. 또한 국제적 수준으로 한국불교학계를 발전시키기 위해 본 대학교 불교문화학부와 협동하여 국제학술회의의 개최 및 저명한 외국인학자의 초빙강연 등의 국제적 학문교류를 적극적으로 수행한다. 이를 통해 한국불교학의 수준을 향상시키고 세계적인 불교학의 중심지로서 발전하고자 하는데 있다.