Introduction to Our Collaborative Study

We introduce our research project, "Informationalization and Religion: A Study Focused on Computer-Mediated Communication" (April 1998 -- March 2001) in the Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Kokugakuin University, and the research, "The Expansion of the Computer Networks and the Change of Religious Acts" (April 1998 -- March 2000), sponsored by the Telecommunications Advancement Foundation.

• Members
• Research Plan (under construction)
• Results
• Former Results by the Members
• Links to Related Websites

Members

Leader

KUROSAKI Hiroyuki

Collaborative Researchers

KASAI Kenta
KAWASHIMA Kenji
TAMURA Takanori
FUKAMIZU Kenshin

Research Plan

Informationalization and Religion: A Study Focused on Computer-Mediated Communication

(Sorry, under construction.)

The Expansion of the Computer Networks and the Transformation of Religious Acts

(Sorry, under construction.)

Results

Research Report

• Kurosaki Hiroyuki (ed.), Fukamizu Kenshin, Kasai Kenta, Kawashima Kenji and Tamura Takanori 2000 The Spread of Electronic Networking and the Transformation of Religion. Tokyo: Kurosaki Hiroyuki. (in Japanese) [Introduction]

General Remarks

• Tamura, Takanori 1998 "How Does the Internet Work for Religions Based in Japan?" Nempô Tsukuba shakaigaku (Tsukuba Annals of Sociology) 10. (in English) [All Text (HTML)]
• Tamura, Takanori 1999 "`CMC to shûkyô' kenkyû no shikaku (A Perspective for the study of CMC and Religion)." Nempô Tsukuba shakaigaku (Tsukuba Annals of Sociology) 11. (in Japanese) [All Text (PDF)]
• Kurosaki, Hiroyuki, Kasai, Kenta, Tamura, Takanori and Fukamizu Kenshin 2000 "Konpyûta nettowâku no fukyû to shûkyôteki kôi no hen'yô ni kansuru chôsa kenkyû (The expansion of the computer networks and the transformation of religious acts). " Denki tsûshin fukyû zaidan kenkyû chôsa hôkokusho 14-I: 143-153. (in Japanese)

Studies by Gathering and Analyzing Religious Websites

• ARI (Archive for Religions in the Internet)
• Kurosaki, Hiroyuki 1999 "Intânetto to shûkyô kyôdan (The Internet and the religious groups)." The 57th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Religious Studies. (in Japanese) [Distributed Material (HTML)]
• Kurosaki, Hiroyuki 1999 "Nihon shûkyô no intânetto riyô no hikaku bunseki ni mukete: jinja webusaito no baai (Toward the comparative study of Internet usage by Japanese religions: Shinto shrine websites)," Kokugakuin daigaku nihon bunka kenkyûsho kiyô 83: 434(35)-421(48). (in Japanese) [Annotation (HTML)]

Studies by Participating Observation of Online Religious Acts

• Kasai, Kenta 1998 "Jirei hôkoku: nettowâku ni yoru kyori wo koeta tsunagari: R. Steiner kenkyû hômupêji gun ni tsuite (Case report: the connection beyond the distance over the network: websites relating R. Steiner)." "The Internet and Religion" Project Camp of the Japanese Association for the Study of Religion and Society. (in Japanese)
• Tamura, Takanori 1999 "Spiritual Network in the Internet Embedded Society: FARION Forum as a Case." Religion and Society 5: 87-97. (in English) [All Text (PDF)] [Abstract in Japanese (PDF)] [Abstract in Japanese (HTML)]

Studies by Interviews with Religious Persons Using Computer Networks

• Tamura, Takanori 1999 "Tenrikyô ni yoru intânetto riyô no tokusei: diskôsu no naka no shimboru (The characteristics of the Internet use by Tenrikyo: symbol within discourse)." The 7th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for the Study of Religion and Society. (in Japanese) [Distributed Material (PDF)]
• Kurosaki, Hiroyuki 1999 "Nihon no shûkyô kyôdan ni okeru intânetto riyô (The Internet use by Japanese religious groups)." The 58th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Religious Studies. (in Japanese) [Distributed Material (PDF)]
• Fukamizu, Kenshin 1999 "Fukyôyô hômupêji no kôyô ni tsuite: Hiroshima ken ni okeru bukkyô jiin no jirei yori (The efficacy of the missionary home pages: a case of Buddhist temples in Hiroshima)." Kokugakuin daigaku nihon bunka kenkyûsho kiyô 84: 341-362. (in Japanese)

Former Works by the Members

• Tamura, Takanori 1996 "Nettowâku kônâ sosaetyî: denshien teki ningen kankei no fîrudowâku (Network corner society: the fieldwork on the human relationship by the electronic destiny)." Terekomu shakai kagaku gakuseishô ronbunshû, The Telecommunications Advancement Foundation. (in Japanese) [Abstract (HTML)]
• Fukamizu, Kenshin 1996 "Oumu Shinrikyô no pasokon tsûshin: denshi media no hattatsu to shûkyô kyôdan no hen'yô (The BBS of Aum Shinrikyo: the development of electronic media and the transformation of the religious group)." In Ikegami, Yoshimasa and Nakamaki, Hirochika (eds.), Jôhô jidai wa shûkyô wo kaeru ka: dentô shûkyô kara Oumu Shinrikyô made (Will the information age change religion?: from the traditional religion to Aum Shinrikyo) Tokyo: Kôbundô, pp.185-191. (in Japanese)
• Tamura, Takanori 1996 "Pasokon tsûshin ni miru kyôkan to sasae (`Sympathy' and `Support' in the BBS)." In Ikegami, Yoshimasa and Nakamaki, Hirochika (eds.), Jôhô jidai wa shûkyô wo kaeru ka: dentô shûkyô kara Oumu Shinrikyô made (Will the information age change religion?: from the traditional religion to Aum Shinrikyo) Tokyo: Kôbundô, pp.192-198. (in Japanese)
• Kawashima 1997 "Intânetto no shûkyôteki katsuyô no genjô to kanôsei: America no kirisutokyô no jirei kenkyû (The Religious Use of the Internet - A Case Study of Churches in the USA)." Keisen Jogakuen Daigaku jinbun gakubu kiyô 9: 53-74. (in Japanese) [All Text (HTML)]
• Tamura, Takanori 1997 "Intânetto no shûkyô jôhô sono kanôsei to kikensei (Information of Religion on the Internet: Possibilities and Dangers)." Shûkyô to shakai (Religion and society) 3: 119-136. (in Japanese) [All Text (Microsoft Word RTF)]
• Fukamizu, Kenshin 1997 "Intânetto no hattatsu to shûkyôshûdan no hen'yô (The development of the Internet and the transformation of religious groups)." Nishinippon shûkyôgaku zasshi 19: 68-81. (in Japanese)
• Fukamizu, Kenshin 1997 "Intânetto jô no shûkyô jôhô heno shikaku (Views of religious information on the Internet)." The 56th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Religious Studies. --> Shûkyô kenkyû (Journal of religious studies) 315 (71-4): 234-235. (in Japanese)
• Kurosaki, Hiroyuki 1997 "Media riterashî to shûkyô wo meguru ichi kôsatsu (Media literacy and religion)." The 56th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Religious Studies --> Shûkyô kenkyû (Journal of religious studies) 315 (71-4): 235-236. (in Japanese)

Links to Related Websites

• Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Kokugakuin University
• Telecommunications Advancement Foundation
• the Japanese Association for the Study of Religion and Society
• "The Internet and Religion" Project, in the Japanese Association for the Study of Religion and Society
  • Annotated Bibliography on CMC and Religion