New narratives in valuistic travel and identity: Goshuin culture and religious mobility in contemporary Japan
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Shin Yasuda [1]
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[1] Takasaki City University of Economics
Takasaki City University of Economics
Japón
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- Localización: Pilgrims: Values and identities / Darius Liutikas (ed. lit.), 2021, ISBN 9781789245653, págs. 127-136
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Collecting goshuin (shrine or temple seal) stamps has a long tradition in Japanese society. These stamps attest to the authenticity of religious experiences and mobilities. Despite Japanese society's secularism in modern times, religious practice and pilgrimage routes have sustained themselves by successfully transforming their purpose from religious to a form of Japanese local culture. This chapter examines the recent development of the religious mobility of the goshuin movement in Japanese society from the perspective of the commodification of religious mobility. On the aspect of individual investments for religious capital returns, it focuses on the characteristics of religious mobility in goshuin practice and the social significance of individual investments in the goshuin movement.
