Shinto in Contemporary Japan: From Basic Teachings to Anime

Shinto in Contemporary Japan: From Basic Teachings to Anime

When:

November 18, 2019 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

2019-11-18T16:00:00-05:00

2019-11-18T17:30:00-05:00

Where:

Room 303 International Center
International Center
427 N Shaw Ln, East Lansing, MI 48824
USA

Contact:

Ethan Segal

517-353-1680

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Shinto in Contemporary Japan: From Basic Teachings to Anime

From core principles to the ways Shinto is practiced today, this talk will address shrines for sports, fertility and protection from STDs, appropriation by popular culture (such as in anime and advertisements), and new spirituality movements including the power spot boom.

Dr. Stephen Covell

Chair of the Department of Comparative Religion and the Mary Meader Professor of Comparative Religion at Western Michigan University. Dr. Covell was the founding director of WMU’s Soga Japan Center and has published widely on Buddhism and other Japanese religious topics.

Sponsored by the Center for Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities, IAH Connecting Pedagogy and Practice Fund, Department of Religious Studies, Asian Studies Center, and MSU Japan Council.