Religion, Culture, and the Public Sphere in China and Japan

Chapter 1 Introduction: The East Asian Public Sphere

Chapter 2 The Sphere of Privilege: Confucian Culture and the Administration of Buddhism (and Religion) in China

Chapter 3 Conservative and Progressive Models for Buddhism Under the Republic of China

Chapter 4 Islamic Charity in China: Its Organizations and Activities in a New Era

Chapter 5 “Knowing the [Confucian] Way” and the Political Sphere

Chapter 6 A Self-Made Outlier in the Tokugawa Public Sphere: Ōshio Heihachirō and His 1837 Osaka Riot

Chapter 7 Longing for the Ideal World: An Unofficial Religious Association in the Late Tokugawa Public Sphere

Chapter 8 Religious Minorities and the Public Sphere: Kagawa Toyohiko and Christian “Counterpublics” in Modern Japanese Society

Chapter 9 Truths Unacknowledged: The Public Sphere and Japan’s Colonial Project in Korea

Chapter 10 The East Asian Public Sphere: Concluding Remarks and Theoretical Considerations