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Mark J. Teeuwen (February 9, 1966–  nbsp; )[1] is a Dutch academic and Japanologist. He is an expert in Japanese religious practices, and he is a Professor at the University of Oslo.[2]

Early life

Breen was awarded his MA at the University of Leiden in 1989. His earnd a Ph.D. at Leiden in 1996.[2]

Career

From 1994 through 1999, Teeuwen was a Lecturer at the Japanese Studies Centre, University of Wales in Cardiff. Since 1999, he has been Professor of Japanese at the University of Oslo.[2]

Teeuwen's critical examination of religious practices in Japan is considered ground-breaking. His published work has been informed by his historical research. Historicity is construed as a fundamental component of Teeuwen's view of Shinto.[3]

Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Mark Teeuwen, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 20 works in 60+ publications in 5 languages and 2,000+ library holdings .[4]

  • Watarai Shintô: an Intellectual History of the Outer Shrine in Ise (1996)
  • Nakatomi Harae Kunge: Purification and Enlightenment in Late-Heian Japan (1998)
  • Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami (1999), with John Breen
  • Buddhas and Kami in Japan 'honji suijaku' as a Combinatory Paradigm (2002)
  • Tracing Shinto in the History of Kami Worship (2002), with Bernhard Scheid
  • Buddhas and Kami in Japan: Honji Suijaku as a Combinatory Paradigm (2002)
  • Tracing Shinto in the History of Kami Workshop (2002)
  • Shinto, a Short History (2003)
  • Buddhas and Kami in Japan: Honki Suijaku as Combinatory Paradigm (2003), with Fabio Rambelli
  • Shinto: een geschiedenis van Japanse goden en heiligdommen (2004)
  • The Culture of Secrecy in Japanese Religion (2006)
  • A New History of Shinto (2010), with John Breen
Articles
  • "Comparative perspectives on the emergence of jindō and Shinto," Bulletin of SOAS, Vol. 70, No. 2, 2007, pp. 373-402.
  • "Kokugaku vs. Nativism," onumenta Nipponica 61-2, Summer 2006, pp. 227-24.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Library of Congress authority file, Mark Teeuwen, no97-29403
  2. ^ a b c University of Oslo, faculty CV
  3. ^ Rambelli, Fabio. "Dismantling stereotypes surrounding Japan's sacred entities," Japan Times. July 15, 2001
  4. ^ WorldCat Identities: Teeuwen, Mark

References

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