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

1. Introduction: The East Asian Public Sphere
Jeffrey Newmark

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

3. Conservative and Progressive Models for Buddhism Under the Republic of China
Eric Goodell

4. Islamic Charity in China: Its Organizations and Activities in a New Era
Wang Jianping

5. “Knowing the [Confucian] Way” and the Political Sphere
Bettina Gramlich-Oka

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

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

8. Religious Minorities and the Public Sphere: Kagawa Toyohiko and Christian “Counterpublics” in Modern Japanese Society
Mark R. Mullins

9. Truths Unacknowledged: The Public Sphere and Japan’s Colonial Project in Korea
Franklin Rausch

10. The East Asian Public Sphere: Concluding Remarks and Theoretical Considerations
Albert Welter

Keywords: Cultural and Media Studies, Asian Culture, Religion and Society, Social History