Mark Teeuwen
Mark J. Teeuwen (born February 9, 1966)[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
Teeuwe was awarded his MA at the University of Leiden in 1989. His earned 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]
Teeuwen's work is influenced by the writings of Toshio Kuroda.[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
- ^ Library of Congress authority file, Mark Teeuwen, no97-29403
- ^ a b c University of Oslo, faculty CV
- ^ a b Rambelli, Fabio. "Dismantling stereotypes surrounding Japan's sacred entities," Japan Times. July 15, 2001
- ^ WorldCat Identities: Teeuwen, Mark
References
- Rambelli, Fabio. "Dismantling stereotypes surrounding Japan's sacred entities," Japan Times. July 15, 2001; book review excerpted from Monumenta Nipponica, 56:2.
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