The Sacred, Discrimination, and Spirits of the Dead in Japan

International Research Center for Japanese Studies and Columbia University

Jun’ichi ISOMAE (Nichibunken), “The Sacred, Discrimination and Public Sphere in History of Japanese Religions”

Manami YASUI (Nichibunken), “Imagine the Spirit of a Decease Pregnant Woman: Towards a Transcultural Study of the Spiritual World”

Discussants: Haruo Shirane (EALAC) and Michael Como (Religion/EALAC)

For the full abstracts of these talks, please see this attachment.
Cosponsored by EALAC, Department of Religion, Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture.