Dr. Ugo Dessì

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter

Main Research Areas

• Japanese religions
• Shin Buddhism
• Religion, secularization and globalization
• Religion and ethics
• Theory and methodology in Religious Studies
  

Curriculum Vitae

from 2011:	Lecturer (wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter), Institute of Religious Studies, University of Leipzig, Germany
2010:	Visiting Scholar, NCC Center for the Study of Japanese Religions, Japan
2008-2009:	Postdoctoral Fellow - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Ōtani University, Japan
2006-2008:	Lecturer, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
2006:	PhD in Religious Studies (Religionswissenschaft), University of Marburg, Germany
2004-2008:	Research Fellow, Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Ōtani University, Japan
2002:	Postgraduate Diploma in Buddhist Studies, K.J. Somaiya Center of Buddhist Studies, India
1998:	Laurea MA in Philosophy, University of Cagliari, Italy

Professional Memberships

 

JARS (Japanese Association for Religious Studies)    

EAJS (European Association for Japanese Studies)

 

 

Selected Publications

Books

2010

(Editor) The Social Dimension of Shin Buddhism (Numen Book Series, 129). Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2010.

 

2007

Ethics and Society in Contemporary Shin Buddhism. Berlin: Lit Verlag, 2007.

(Co-author) Il bodhisattva Kannon nel Buddhismo giapponese [The Bodhisattva Kannon in Japanese Buddhism]. Cosenza: Giordano Editore, 2007.

Peer-reviewed Articles & Book Chapters

2012

"Japanese Religions, Inclusivism, and the Global Context." Japanese Religions 37 (forthcoming)

 

“Religion, Hybrid Forms, and Cultural Chauvinism in Japan.” Journal of Religion in Japan 1/2 (forthcoming).

 

2010

“Objectivity and Belief in the Academic Study of Shin Buddhism,” The Pure Land (New Series) 25 (forthcoming 2010).

“Social Behavior and Religious Consciousness among Shin Buddhist Practitioners,” Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 37/2 (2010): 335-366.

“Religion, Networking, and Social Issues in Japan: The Case of the Kyōdan Fuchi Kenkyūsho Konwakai,” Japanese Religions 35/1-2 (2010): 87-100.

“Shin Buddhism and Globalization: Attitudes toward the Political Subsystem and Pluralism at the Organizational and Individual Levels,” in: U. Dessì, ed. The Social Dimension of Shin Buddhism, 241-266. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2010.

“Introduction: Shin Buddhism and Japanese Society,” in: U. Dessì, ed. The Social Dimension of Shin Buddhism, 1-10. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2010.

2009

“Kojin reberu kara mita Shinshū dōtoku no tokusei to dainamikusu 個人レベルから見た真宗道徳の特性とダイナミクス” [The Character and Dynamics of Shin Buddhist Morality at the Individual Level], Shūkyō to rinri 宗教と倫理 9 (2009): 64-82.

“Shin Buddhism, Authority, and the Fundamental Law of Education,” Numen 56/5 (2009): 523-544.

“Gendai no Jōdo Shinshū ni okeru gurōbaruka: kachi no sōtaika, kinō bunka, shakai rinri 現代の浄土真宗におけるグローバル化―価値の相対化、機能分化、社会倫理” [Contemporary Shin Buddhism and Globalization: Relativization of Values, Functional Differentiation, and Social Ethics], Shūkyō kenkyū 宗教研究 83/1 (2009): 93-114.

2008

“The Pure Land as a Principle of Social Criticism,” Japanese Religions 33/1-2 (2008): 75-90.

2006

“The Critique of Anthropocentrism and Humanism in Present-day Shin Buddhism,” Japanese Religions 31/2 (2006): 111-125.

“Why Be Engaged? Doctrinal Facets of Jōdo Shinshū Social Activism,” The Pure Land (New Series) 22 (2006): 103-112.

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