Curriculum Vitae

 

Naoki KASHIO (M.A., Tokyo University)

April 1st 1963 at Toyama, Japan

Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters, Keio University

Science of Religions and Spirituality

E-mail: kashio@keio.jp

Keio University: 2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8345, Japan

 

1986 Keio University (BA)

1989 Tokyo University (M.A.)

1989-1991/1994-1995 Tokyo University (Ph.D course)

 

1991-1994 Assistant, Waseda University

1995-1999 Assistant, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

1996-2011 Committee Member, Japan-Korea Religious Research Forum

1997 Directeur d’études invité, Ecole Pratique Hautes Etudes (France), Vème Section

1997-1998 Chercheur, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France)

1999-present Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters, Keio University

1999-2003 Committee Member, Japanese Association for ‘Religion and Society’

2003-2005 Committee Member, International Association for the History of Religions, Tokyo Conference

2004-2014 Committee Member, Japan-Korea Next Generation Academic Forum

2008-2011 Editorial Committee Member, Japanese Journal of Religious Studies

2009-2010 Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Dongseo University (Korea)

2023-present Guest Editor, Religions

 

Recent Works:

2021 Spirituality as a Way: The Wisdom of Japan, Trans Pacific Press/Kyoto University Press, (ed. with Carl Becker).

2021 “A General Theory of Japanese Meditation”, Spirituality as a Way: The Wisdom of Japan, Trans Pacific Press/Kyoto University Press, 2021 (ed. with Carl Becker), pp.101-127.

2021 “Issues in Contemporary Spirituality Studies”, Spirituality as a Way: The Wisdom of Japan, Trans Pacific Press/Kyoto University Press, 2021 (ed. with Carl Becker), pp.1-8. (with Carl Becker)

2012 « L’influence de l’ésoterisme occidental sur les religions japonaises : théosophie, bouddhisme, nouvelles religions »,Politica Hermetica, No 26, 2012, pp.15-23.

2005 « Légitimation de la pratique et de la pensée des nouvelles religions au Japon : L'exemple de Sukyo-Mahikari », Bouchy, Anne, Carré, Guillaume et Lachaud Francois (coordonné), Légitimités, légitimations : La construction de l'autorité au Japon, Études thématiques 16, École française d'Extrême-Orient, 2005, pp.183-197. 

2004 “The End of the Vitalistic Conception of Salvation: An Inquiry into Conceptual Validity in Modern Japanese New Religions”, Religion and Society No.10., The Japanese Association for the Study of Religion and Society, 2004, pp.68-81.

2000 « Nouvelles voies spirituelles au Japon contemporain : état des lieux et mutation de la religiosité », Archives de Sciences Sociales des Religions 109, 2000, pp.67-85, (avec Jean-Pierre Berthon).

 

Conference :

2021 “Spirituality as an Indicator of the Differences between Public and Private Aspects in Modern Spaces”, 12thInternational Convention of Asian Scholars, Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto (28th August 2021).

2013 « La sécularisation et la laïcité au Japon contemporain : mutation de la religiosité, grand séisme, position socio-culturelle de religions // The secularization in Contemporary Japan: Transformation of the religiosity, big earthquake, socio-cultural position of religions », The 32nd conference of SISR, Turku-Abo (27th June 2013).

2011 « L'influence de l'ésotérisme occidental sur les religions japonaises, théosophie, bouddhisme, nouvelles religions », XXVII colloque international, Politica Hermetica, Paris.

2011 “Toward the General Theory of Spirituality as the Core of Religion: Integral and Perennialistic Approach”, The 31st conference of SISR, Aix-en-Provance.

2007　“Emergence of Spirituality: a Case of Mahikari in France”, Session “Spirituality in East Asia”, The 29th conference of SISR, Leiptig.

2005　“Spirituality Studies as Our Common Task: a Case of Contemporary Japan”, SISR2005, the 28th conference, the 22th July, Session: Spirituality and Societies in East Asia, Zagreb, Croatia

2005 « Les notions de la vie et de la mort de la jeunesse japonaise contemporaine », IAHR2005, the 25th March, Session: The Religious Dimension in Japanese Popular Culture, Takanawa Prince Hotel, 25th March

2005 “Spirituality Studies as Our Common Task: a Case of Contemporary Japan”, IAHR2005, the 25th March, Session: Various Forms of Spirituality in the World, Takanawa Prince Hotel, 26th March, Tokyo.

2003 « Les descriptions de l’éthnograghie », le colloque franco-japonais : organise par l'équipe EFEO en collaboration avec le Centre d'anthropologie de Toulouse, Centre d'anthroplogie de Toulouse, le 19 septembre 2003. 

2003 « Les notions de la vie et de la mort de la jeunesse japonaise contemporaine :

en cas d’un manga <Vagabond> et ses lecteurs », La 27eme conférence, Société internationale de sociologie des religions, Turin.

2001 « Nouvelle Religion, est-ce qu’elle est nouvelle ‘éthnie’? », Société Internationale de Sociologie des Religions, XXVIe Conférence, Ixstapan de la Sal, Mexique, le 21 aout 2001.

2000 “Negotiation-Appropriation of Religion: A Case Study of Mahikari in France and Japan in comparative perspective”, ASR, Washington D.C.

1999 « Les fonctions sociales et religieuses des nouveaux　mouvements religieux japonais et la stratégie des immigrées en France », Société Internationale de Sociologie des Religions, XXVe Conférence, “Le Voyage”, Université　Catholique de Leuven, Belgique.

1998 “The Actual Controversy on the New Religions in Japan”,　International Sociological Association, XIVth World Congress　of Sociology, Université de Quebec a Montreal, Canada (30 July).

1997 « La controverse autour certains nouveaux mouvements religieux au Japon d’aujourd’hui », Société Internationale de Sociologie des Religions, XXIVe Conférence, ≪ La Religion: les frontières changeantes de la cité ≫, Université Toulouse- le Mirail, France (le 11 juillet).

 

Research Grants:

2023-2027 An Anthropological Study of Political Practices from "Below" by Practicing Religions in Africa and Asia, Fundamental Research (B) (general), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), 134,000 U.S. dollars, (member of the research project).

2022-2026 Religiosity and Civil Society among the Digital Native Generation in Africa and Asia, International Collaborative Research Acceleration Fund (Strengthening International Collaborative Research (B)), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), 169,000 U.S. dollars, (member of the research project).

2013-2018 The Development of Pluralism through Vitalism and Universal Religiosity: the Junction of Theory and Empirical Evidence with International Data, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), 490,100 U.S. dollars, (member of the research project).

2006-2009 An Attempt at Experimental Film Religious Studies: An Exploration of Contemporary Religiosity in the Interaction between the Production and Viewing of Artworks, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), 34,100 U.S. dollars.

2004-2006 An Interdisciplinary Study of Contemporary Spirituality Culture: From the Perspective of Network Formation through Web Communities, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), 37,000 U.S. dollars, (member of the research project).

2003-2006 A Comparative Sociological Study of the Contemporary Globalization of the Japanese American New Religious Movement, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), 32,000 U.S. dollars.

1999-2001 Contemporary Transformation of Religiosity in the Sect/Cult Phenomenon: A Comparison of Four Countries: Japan, France, Belgium and England, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), 8,000 U.S. dollars.

1996-1997 Durkheimian Studies in the Sociology of Religion Today: From the Perspective of Ritual Theory, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), 10,000 U.S. dollars.

1994-1995 A Cultural Anthropological Study of the Religious Behavior of African Immigrants in Urban France, Asahi-Garasu Foundation, 10,000 dollars.

1994-1995 Cultural Anthropological Study of the Social Roles of Religions in the Immigrant Cities of West Africa; Continuity and Change of Ethnicity: A Case Study of the Acceptance of a Japanese New Religion in Côte d'lvoire, Toyota Foundation, 16,000 dollars.

1992-1993 A Cultural Anthropological Study of the Religious Behavior of African Immigrants in Urban France, Toyota Foundation, 16,000 dollars.

1992-1993 A Basic Study of the Social Functions of the Japanese New Religion in France, Niwano-Peace Foundation, 10,000 dollars.

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