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［New］Program（Down Load） International
Symposium on Management and
Marketing of Globalizing Asian Religions International
Symposium on Management and
Marketing of Globalizing Asian Religions Organizers: International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku), National Institute for
the Humanities Cosponsors: The Society for International Cultural Exchange Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research of Japan Society for the
Promotion of Science (JSPS) through Taisho University Oyasato Institute, Tenri University Period: Tuesday, Aug. 11 – Friday, Aug. 14 Venue: National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka Objectives This symposium arises from Nakamaki’s view of new religious
movements (NRMs) as multinational organizations (2003), further developed in
a special issue focus on Asian Religious Movements published in the
International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) Newsletter #47 in 2008,
edited by Smith. From this small beginning we would like to create a wider
forum of discussion and publish a more substantial volume of papers, in both
Japanese and English. In developing theories of the management, leadership and
organizational structures of globalizing religions, the successes of Asian
NRMs and established religions as global players from their earliest days,
such as Tenrikyo and Zen Buddhism, is striking. A newly emerging topic is how
do NRMs market themselves to potential converts in a global context? (Reader
and Tanabe, 1998) What is the nature of their approaches to non-diaspora
communities with different cultural and linguistic heritages and what media
do they use for proselytization? This workshop brings the insights of
theories of management, human resource development and marketing to give an
alternative view of the dynamics of NRMs as global organizations. Once patterns of global religious organisation are identified,
several other questions can be asked. Using Baumann’s theories about
religious transplantion (1994, 1997, 2001) and Bouma’s of religious
settlement (1997, 2000, 2004) the relationship between types of organisation
and settlement can be explored. This exploration will lead to questions of
the relationship between types of organisation and the management of
competition and conflict, both internal to the groups and between them and
other religious groups. It may well be that some types of organisation are
more likely to facilitate the development of harmonious inter-religious
relationships. In order to develop and extend this pathbreaking theoretical
perspective on globalizing Asian religions, we aim to call together a group
of scholars of Asian religions and ask them to recast their data in terms of
the way the organizations are managed in an overseas or global context by
examining the structure, organizational culture, management style and
leadership principles of the religious organizations they have hitherto
studied from the perspective of the sociology of religion or religious
studies. We propose to convene an international workshop for which 18-20
scholars would write papers focusing their knowledge of a particular Asian
religious organization according to the above emerging paradigm and ask them
to recast their data in terms of the way the organizations are managed in an
overseas or global context, and how they market themselves in the midst of
existing local religious traditions, by examining the structure,
organizational culture.... etc. Aug.11 Welcome Address（13：30－13：45） Ken’ichi Sudo ( Manon
Osseweijer (IIAS) Introduction（13：45－14：15） Wendy Smith (Gervinus Visiting Professor, Hirochika
Nakamaki (Professor, Keynote Lectures（14：30－15：45；16：00－17：15） Peter Clarke
(Professor, University of Oxford, U.K.) Yoshihide
Sakurai ( Reception Minpaku
Restaurant（17：30－19：30） Aug. 12 Panel 1: East Asian
Religions （10：00－12：30） Chair: Susumu
Shimazono (Professor, Jeong Min Suh
(Professor, Yonsei University, Korea) Abstract Hiroshi Iwai
(Professor, Tezukayama University) Abstract Benjamin Penny (Research Fellow, Australia National
University, Australia) Abstract Panel 2: Southeast and
South Asian Religions（13：30－17：00） Chair: Yoshitsugu
Sawai (Professor, Shamsul Amri Baharuddin (National Hidetake Yano
(Associate Professor, Komazawa University) Abstract “The
propagation of Theravada Buddhism in foreign countries: The Case of the
Dhammakaya Temple in Thailand” Wendy Smith (Gervinus Visiting Professor, Barbara Andaya (University of Hawaii) Abstract/Full Paper “Marketing Modernity:
Pentecostalism in Southeast Asia” Aug.13 Excursion to Tenri（9：00
departure from the hotel） Visit to the Holy Sites of Tenrikyo Panel 3: Japanese
Religions in the Americas (13：30-18：00) Welcome Address Akio Inue (Professor, Chair: Nobutaka Inoue (Professor, Tomoe Moriya
(Associate Professor, Hannan University) Abstract “The Eastward
Transmission of Buddism across the Pacific: The Development of the Nikkei
Buddhist Missions in Hawaii and Mainland United States” Masanobu Yamada (Associate Professor,
Tenri University) Abstract “The Management and Marketing of Tenrikyo in its Globalization
Effort” Ronan Pereira (Professor, University
of Brasilia, Brazil) Abstract “Japanese Religions in a Globalized World – some
considerations based on case studies in Brazil” Hideaki Matsuoka (Professor, Shukutoku University) Abstract “On Guarapiranga, a
Sacred Place of the Church of World Messianity of Brazil: Its Significance in
Proselytization” Hirochika
Nakamaki (Professor, National Museum of Ethnology) Abstract “Habitat Segregation and Epidemization of
Japanese Religions Abroad” Aug. 14 Panel 4 Japanese
Religions in the Global Context （10：00－12：30） Chair:
Michihito Tsushima (Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University) Louella
Matsunaga (Teaching Fellow, SOAS, U.K.) Abstract “Jodo Shinshu in Europe” Susumu
Shimazono (Professor, University of Tokyo) Nobutaka Inoue
(Professor, Kokugakuin University) Abstract “Modern New
Religions’ Responses to Globalization and New Religious movements in the age
of Globalization” Final Discussion （13：30－15：30） Chairs: Wendy
Smith and Hirochika Nakamaki Panel Summary
by Chairpersons Disscussants (throughout the symposium): Yoshio Sugimoto
(Minpaku), Kojiro Hirose (Minpaku), Keishin Inaba (Kobe University),
Yashavantha Dongre (University of Mysore/Minpaku), Masakazu Tanaka (Kyoto
University) Contact: Hirochika
Nakamaki Professor National Museum of Ethnology 10-1 Senri Expo Park, Suita, Osaka,
Japan 565-8511 Tel.+81-6-6876-2151, Fax. +81-6-6878-7503 Those who wish
to participate as observer, please contact the above. [Continuing Research Projects] Grant-in-Aid For Scientific
Research [B] (2007-2009) Anthropology of Administration on
Industry and Culture
[Completed Research Projects] Mediun-Term
Joint Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(2004-2006) Mediun-Term Joint Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research [B][1](2001-2004) |
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