@article{ART003076758},
author={Dominick Scarangello},
title={The Lotus Sutra’s One Vehicle and Rissho Kosei-kai’s Understanding of Interfaith Relations: The Ambivalence of Religious Inclusivism and Prospects for Embracing Religious Pluralism for the 21st Century},
journal={불교학리뷰},
issn={1975-2660},
year={2024},
number={35},
pages={109-144}
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AU - Dominick Scarangello
TI - The Lotus Sutra’s One Vehicle and Rissho Kosei-kai’s Understanding of Interfaith Relations: The Ambivalence of Religious Inclusivism and Prospects for Embracing Religious Pluralism for the 21st Century
JO - 불교학리뷰
PY - 2024
VL - null
IS - 35
PB - Geumgang Center for Buddhist Studies
SP - 109
EP - 144
SN - 1975-2660
AB - This presentation will explore the Lotus Sutra-based understanding of the diversity of religions that underpins the Japanese Buddhist religious group Rissho Kosei-kai’s approach to interfaith cooperation and dialogue. I will examine how Rissho Kosei-kai creatively reinterpreted prewar Nichirenism’s stance toward the diversity of religions to support an inclusivist embrace of other religions and enter dialogue with them. However, I determine that those innovations have an ambiguous contemporary legacy, as aspects of Rissho Kosei-kai’s inclusivist notion of the “oneness” of religions cannot transcend reductive inclusivism to provide a coherent account of religious pluralism.In the conclusion of this presentation, I will reflect on the potential for establishing a practical framework for understanding religious pluralism for Rissho Kosei-kai and consider the prospects for embracing a thoroughgoing pluralism from the standpoint of the Lotus Sutra tradition.
KW - Rissho Kosei-kai;Niwano Nikkyo;Lotus Sutra;Nichirenism;religious inclusivism;religious pluralism
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Dominick Scarangello. (2024). The Lotus Sutra’s One Vehicle and Rissho Kosei-kai’s Understanding of Interfaith Relations: The Ambivalence of Religious Inclusivism and Prospects for Embracing Religious Pluralism for the 21st Century. 불교학리뷰, 35, 109-144.
Dominick Scarangello. 2024, "The Lotus Sutra’s One Vehicle and Rissho Kosei-kai’s Understanding of Interfaith Relations: The Ambivalence of Religious Inclusivism and Prospects for Embracing Religious Pluralism for the 21st Century", 불교학리뷰, no.35, pp.109-144.
Dominick Scarangello "The Lotus Sutra’s One Vehicle and Rissho Kosei-kai’s Understanding of Interfaith Relations: The Ambivalence of Religious Inclusivism and Prospects for Embracing Religious Pluralism for the 21st Century" 불교학리뷰 35 pp.109-144 (2024) : 109.
Dominick Scarangello. The Lotus Sutra’s One Vehicle and Rissho Kosei-kai’s Understanding of Interfaith Relations: The Ambivalence of Religious Inclusivism and Prospects for Embracing Religious Pluralism for the 21st Century. 2024; 35 : 109-144.
Dominick Scarangello. "The Lotus Sutra’s One Vehicle and Rissho Kosei-kai’s Understanding of Interfaith Relations: The Ambivalence of Religious Inclusivism and Prospects for Embracing Religious Pluralism for the 21st Century" 불교학리뷰 no.35(2024) : 109-144.
Dominick Scarangello. The Lotus Sutra’s One Vehicle and Rissho Kosei-kai’s Understanding of Interfaith Relations: The Ambivalence of Religious Inclusivism and Prospects for Embracing Religious Pluralism for the 21st Century. 불교학리뷰, 35, 109-144.
Dominick Scarangello. The Lotus Sutra’s One Vehicle and Rissho Kosei-kai’s Understanding of Interfaith Relations: The Ambivalence of Religious Inclusivism and Prospects for Embracing Religious Pluralism for the 21st Century. 불교학리뷰. 2024; 35 109-144.
Dominick Scarangello. The Lotus Sutra’s One Vehicle and Rissho Kosei-kai’s Understanding of Interfaith Relations: The Ambivalence of Religious Inclusivism and Prospects for Embracing Religious Pluralism for the 21st Century. 2024; 35 : 109-144.
Dominick Scarangello. "The Lotus Sutra’s One Vehicle and Rissho Kosei-kai’s Understanding of Interfaith Relations: The Ambivalence of Religious Inclusivism and Prospects for Embracing Religious Pluralism for the 21st Century" 불교학리뷰 no.35(2024) : 109-144.
