Shinto and Ecology
March 21-24, 1997
- Opening Session
- The Shinto View of Nature
- Nature in Japanese Mythology and Ritual
- The Culture of Rice
- The Culture of Trees
- Shinto and Environmental Problems
- Roundtable Discussion: Shinto and Ecology: Future Considerations
Opening Session
Welcoming Remarks:
Rosemarie BERNARD, Harvard University, convener
Richard HUNT, Harvard University Marshal
Lawrence SULLIVAN, Director, Center for the Study of World Religions
Mary Evelyn TUCKER and John GRIM, Bucknell University, Conference Coordinators
Shinto and Ecology
SAKURAI Katsunoshin, Director, Board of Trustees, Kôgakkan University, Former High Priest Taga Taisha - The Sacredness of Mountains and Groves
SONODA Minoru, Kyoto University, High Priest, Chichibu Shrine - The Religious Culture of the Forest Archipelago
Discussant - Mary Evelyn TUCKER, Bucknell University
The Shinto View of Nature
Panel chair - Emiko OHNUKI-TIERNEY, Vilas Research Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
SAKURAI Haruo, Professor, Department of Shinto Studies, and Director, The Shinto Institute, Kôgakkan University - The Natural Environment and Local Community Life around Shinto Shrines
Norman HAVENS, Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Kokugakuin University - Shinto and Ecology: Rhetoric, Reality, and Relevance
MIYAKE Hitoshi, Professor, Faculty of Literature and Chair, Graduate School of Human Relations, Keiô University - The Idea of Nature in Mountain Shrines
Discussants - SONODA Minoru, Kyoto University, High Priest, Chichibu Shrine, and TU Weiming, Director, The Harvard Yenching Institute
Nature in Japanese Mythology and Ritual
Panel chair - Mary Evelyn TUCKER, Bucknell University
Carmen BLACKER, University of Cambridge - Yamanokami and Wild Nature
Rosemarie BERNARD, Harvard University - Nature and Jingû Ritual: On the Shikinen Sengû
Paolo VILLANI, Institute of Oriental Studies, University of Naples - 'Coming into Existence': An Expression of Nature in Japanese Mythology
Discussants - Gary EBERSOLE, University of Missouri, Kansas City, and Emiko OHNUKI-TIERNEY, Vilas Research Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Culture of Rice
Panel chair - Norman HAVENS, Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Kokugakuin University
TOMIYAMA Kazuko, Risshô University - Japanese Culture and Water
KAMINOGO Toshiaki, Non-fiction writer and journalist - Shinto, Rice, and Ecology
KOHORI Kunio, Priest, Ise Jingû; Assistant Director, Office of Public Relations, Jingû Shichô - Shinto and Ecology: With Reference to Two Reports
Emiko OHNUKI-TIERNEY, Vilas Research Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison - When Nature's Inhabitants are Plants: Japanese Imagination of Nature
Discussants - Peter KNECHT, Nanzan University, Nagoya, and SAKURAI Katsunoshin, Director, Board of Trustees, Kôgakkan University, Former High Priest Taga Taisha
The Culture of Trees
Panel chair - Rosemarie BERNARD, Harvard University
MURASE Masayuki, Engineer, Forestry Department, Jingû Shichô - The Shrine Forest of Jingû
MIYAWAKI Akira, Yokohama National University; Director, Japanese Center for International Studies in Ecology - Make Chinju-no-mori the World's Forests
Discussants - Allan GRAPARD, University of California, Santa Barbara, and KOHORI Kunio, Priest, Ise Jingû; Assistant Director, Office of Public Relations, Jingû Shichô
Shinto and Environmental Problems
Panel chair - Rosemarie BERNARD, Harvard University
MOTEGI Sadazumi, Director, Research Center for Educational Affairs, National Association of Shinto Shrines - Shrine Groves as Barometers for Environmental Preservation
SAKURAI Takashi, High Priest, Gosho Komagataki Jinja, Ibaraki Prefecture - Shinto and Environmental Problems
SAKURAI Mayumi, Associate Priest, Gosho Komagataki Jinja, Ibaraki Prefecture - Shinto and Environmental Problems
HANADO Yasuhito, Kokugakuin University - Shinto and Environmental Problems
TANAKA Tsunekiyo, Associate High Priest, Iwashimizu Hachimangû, Kyoto - Shinto and Environmental Problems
Discussants - Mary Evelyn TUCKER, Bucknell University, and SONODA Minoru, Kyoto University, High Priest, Chichibu Shrine
Roundtable Discussion: Shinto and Ecology: Future Considerations
SAKURAI Katsunoshin, Director, Board of Trustees, Kôgakkan University, Former High Priest Taga Taisha
SONODA Minoru, Kyoto University, High Priest, Chichibu Shrine
Carmen BLACKER, University of Cambridge
MIYAWAKI Akira, Yokohama National University; Director, Japanese Center for International Studies in Ecology
TOMIYAMA Kazuko, Risshô University
MIYAKE Hitoshi, Keiô University
Mary Evelyn TUCKER, Bucknell University