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Surviving Disaster, Reviving Religion: Transformations & Reconfigurations of Religious Communities in Fukushima after 3.11.
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ZjR: Zeitschrift für junge Religionswissenschaft . 2021, Vol. 16, p1-18. 18p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- After the triple disaster of 3.11, the region along the coast of Northeast Japan has been continuously transforming. Especially in Fukushima Prefecture, where a series of accidents at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant resulted in high radioactive contamination, the event's aftermath still lingers on. In this challenging time, local religious communities show a heightened need for religious ritual and socio-communal reconstruction. They experienced the disaster first-hand and had to re-establish their religious sites and recreate their communities, while simultaneously becoming a source for coping strategies and a hope for those in distress. This article provides initial findings of how the triple disaster has impacted religious communities in Fukushima by drawing from the results of fieldwork done among a Shinto and a Baptist community in 2018. Loss and reconstruction become defining parameters for the reconfigurations of communal life upon return. With their re-claimed spaces in the region, the communities try to decisively shape the reviving of the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- German
- ISSN :
- 18625886
- Volume :
- 16
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- ZjR: Zeitschrift für junge Religionswissenschaft
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 153944064
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4000/zjr.1578