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Bibliography of Tenrikyo

Bibliography of Tenrikyo

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This article presents a selected bibliography of Tenrikyo, a Japanese new religion.

Tenrikyo texts

Scriptures

  • Nakayama, M. (1999). Mikagura-uta (Tenrikyo Church Headquarters, Trans.). Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Church Headquarters. (Original work published 1888)
  • Nakayama, M. (1993). Ofudesaki (Tenrikyo Church Headquarters, Trans.). Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Church Headquarters. (Original work published 1928)
  • Tenrikyo Church Headquarters (1966). Osashizu. Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Church Headquarters. (Original work published 1931)
  • Tenrikyo Overseas Department (2007). An Anthology of Osashizu Translations (Tenrikyo Overseas Department, Trans.). Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Overseas Department.

Supplements to scriptures

Studies on Tenrikyo texts

Ofudesaki

  • Inoue, A. & Enyon, M. (1987). A Study of the Ofudesaki: The Original Scripture of Tenrikyo. Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Doyusha.
  • Mori, S. (2008). A Study on the English Translation of the Ofudesaki, The Tip of the Writing Brush. Agora: Journal of International Center for Regional Studies, 6
  • Nakayama, S. (1997). A Study on [God], [Tsukihi] and [Parent] (A. Inoue, Trans.). Tenri, Japan: Tenri Yamato Culture Congress. (Original work published 1935)
  • Nakayama, S. (2010). Thoughts on a Thematic Outline of the Ofudesaki (Tenrikyo Overseas Department, Trans.). Tenri, Japan. (Original work published 1968)
  • Serizawa, S. (1981). Ofudesaki tsūyaku [Ofudesaki Interpretation]. Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Doyusha.
  • Ueda, Yoshinaru (1948). Ofudesaki kōgi [Ofudesaki Lectures]. Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Doyusha.
  • Ueda, Yoshitarō (2016). Ofudesaki tsūkai [Ofudesaki Commentary]. Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Doyusha.
  • Yasui M. (2016). Ofudesaki o gakushū suru [Studying the Ofudesaki].

Mikagura-uta

  • Ando, M. (1979). Mikagura-uta kōwa [Lectures on the Mikagura-uta].
  • Fukaya, T. (1978). A Commentary on the Mikagura-uta, The Songs for the Tsutome (Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department, Trans.). Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department.
  • Hirano, T. (1985). Mikagura-uta josetsu [Introductory exegesis on the Mikagura-uta].
  • Masui, K. (1955) Mikagurauta katari gusa [Tales on the Mikagura-uta].
  • Moroi, K. (2016). Teodori no michi [The Path of Teodori]. Tenri, Japan: Seidōsha.
  • Nagao, T. (2008). Mikagura-uta no kokoro [Heart of the Mikagura-uta].
  • Ono, S. (1975). Mikagurauta nyumon [Introduction to the Mikagura-uta].
  • Sasaki, L. (1980). The Tenrikyo Sacred Dance: The Song Text and Dance Movements. Tenri Journal of Religion, 14, Supplement Volume.
  • Tenrikyo Doyusha (2001). Mikagurauta no sekai o tazunete [Inquiring into the world of the Mikagura-uta]. Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Doyusha
  • Tsutsui, K. (1993). Dare mo wakaru Mikagurauta [A commentary on the Mikagura-uta that anyone can understand].
  • Ueda, Y. (1994). Okagurauta [The Kagura Songs]. Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Doyusha.
  • Yamamoto, M. (1988). Mikagura-uta o utau [In praise of the Mikagura-uta]. Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Doyusha.
  • Yamazawa, H. (1949). Otefuri gaiyō [Otefuri Outline]. Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Doyusha.
  • Yasuda, K. & Uehara, T. (1987). Mikagurauta: An English Translation in Original Meter. Okayama, Japan: Sanyo Printing Co., Ltd.

Osashizu

  • Hiraki, K. (1995). Osashizu no o-kotoba kaisetsu [Commentary on Words from the Osashizu]. Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Doyusha.
  • Yamamoto, K. & Nakajima, H. (1977). Osashizu kenkyū [Study of the Osashizu]. Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Doyusha.

The Doctrine of Tenrikyo

  • Fukaya, T. (1983). A Doctrinal Study: The Truth of Origin (Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department, Trans.). Tenri, Japan.
  • Nakayama, Shōzen (1957). Kōki no kenkyū [Study of the Kōki]. Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Doyusha.
  • Nakayama, Shōzen (1994). Lectures on The Doctrine of Tenrikyo (Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department, Trans.). Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department. (Original work published 1979)

The Life of Oyasama

  • Nakayama, Shinnosuke (1958). Oyasama gyoden [The biography of Oyasama]. In Fukugen [Restoration], January 1958. (Original work written 1896).
  • Nakayama, Y. (1959). Gyoden kōwa [Lecture on Oyasama's biography]. In Michi no Tomo, February 1959. Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Doyusha.
  • Tenrikyo Doyusha Publishing Company (2014). Tracing the Model Path: A Close Look into The Life of Oyasama (Tenrikyo Overseas Department, Trans.). Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Doyusha Publishing Company. (Original work published 1993)
  • Tenrikyo Overseas Department (2000). Reference Materials for The Life of Oyasama (Tenrikyo Overseas Department, Trans.). Tenri, Japan.

Other publications

Overview

By non-Tenrikyo writers

  • Bernier, Bernard (1975). "Breaking the cosmic circle: religion in a Japanese village". Ithaca, New York: China-Japan Program, Cornell University. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Blackwood, Robert T. (1964). Tenrikyo: a living religion. Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department.
  • Chinnery, Thora E. (1971). Religious conflict and compromise in a Japanese village: a first-hand observation of the Tenrikyo Church. Vancouver, Canada: University of British Columbia.
  • Earhart, H. Byron (1974). "Tenrikyo: the inspiration of a living-god". Religion in the Japanese experience: sources and interpretations. Encino, California: Dickenson Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0822101048.
  • Earhart, H. Byron (1982). "Tenrikyo: a living kami and a joyous life". Japanese religion: unity and diversity. Wadsworth Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0534010287.
  • Ellwood, Robert, S. (1974). "Tenrikyo, the religion of heavenly wisdom". The eagle and the rising sun: Americans and the new religions of Japan. Philadelphia: Westminster Press. ISBN 978-0664207076.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Ellwood, Robert, S. (1982). Tenrikyo, a Pilgrimage Faith: The Structure and Meanings of a Modern Japanese Religion. Tenri, Japan: Tenri University Press.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Greene, D. (1895). Tenrikyo, or the Teaching of the Heavenly Reason. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, 23(5), 24-74.
  • Holtom, Daniel Clarence (1938). "The faith-healing sects: Tenri Kyo". The National Faith of Japan. K. Paul, Trench, Trubner. pp. 267–286.
  • Newell, William H.; Dobashi, Fumiko (1968). Morioka, Kiyomi; Newell, William H. (eds.). "Some problems of classification in religious sociology as shown in the history of Tenri Kyokai". International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology. 6: 84–100.
  • Offner, Clark B.; van Straelen, Henry (1963). "Tenrikyo, the religion of divine wisdom". Modern Japanese religions: with special emphasis upon their doctrines of healing. Twayne Publishers, Inc.
  • Reader, Ian (1993). "The New Religions of Japan". Japanese Religions: Past and Present. University of Hawaii Press.
  • van Straelen, H. (1954). The Religion of Divine Wisdom: Japan's Most Powerful Religious Movement. Folklore Studies, 13, 1-166.
  • Thomsen, Harry (1963). "The 'old' new religion: Tenrikyo". The new religions of Japan. C.E. Tuttle Co. ISBN 978-0804804264.
  • Wilson, Bryan R. (1979). "The new religions: some preliminary considerations". Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 6 (1/2): 193–216. doi:10.18874/jjrs.6.1-2.1979.193-216.

By Tenrikyo writers

  • Nishiyama, T. (1981). Introduction to the Teachings of Tenrikyo. Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department. (Original work published 1973)
  • Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department (1966). Tenrikyo: Its History and Teachings. Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department.
  • Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department (1986). The Teachings and History of Tenrikyo. Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department.
  • Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department (1998). Tenrikyo: The Path to Joyousness. Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department.
  • Tenrikyo Young Men's Association (2006). Questions and Answers about Tenrikyo (Tenrikyo Overseas Department, Trans.). Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Overseas Department. (Original work published 1990)

Biographies and anecdotes

  • Nakayama, S. (1964) Hitokotohanashi (Headquarters of Tenrikyo Church, Trans.) Tenri, Japan: Headquarters of Tenrikyo Church. (Original work published 1935)
  • Nakayama, Y. (1984). My Oyasama, Volume One (Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department, Trans.). Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department.
  • Nakayama, Y. (1986). My Oyasama, Volume Two (Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department, Trans.). Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department.
  • Ozaki, E. (2013). Mind That Attracts Happiness (Tenrikyo Overseas Department, Trans.). Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Overseas Department. (Original work published 1977)
  • Takahashi, S. (1986). Great and Gentle Mother: Yoshi Nakagawa (Noriaki Ryono and Ingrid Seldin, Trans.). Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department.
  • Takano, T. (1985). Disciples of Oyasama, Foundress of Tenrikyo (Mitsuru Yuge, Trans.). Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department.
  • Tenrikyo Doyusha Publishing Company (2012). The Measure of Heaven: The Life of Izo Iburi, the Honseki (Tenrikyo Overseas Department, Trans.). Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Overseas Department. (Original work published 1997)

Church history

  • Nakayama, Z. (1979). Guideposts (Tenrikyo Church Headquarters, Trans.). Tenri, Japan: Tenri Jihosha.
  • Tenrikyo Doyusha Publishing Company (1990). A Historical Sketch of Tenrikyo: focusing on the Anniversaries of Oyasama (Tenrikyo Overseas Department, Trans.). Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department. (Original work published 1985)

Interreligious/Comparative

  • Martin, G., Triplett, K. et al. (2013). Purification: Religious Transformations of Body and Mind. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark.
  • Tenri International Symposium '98 (2003). Women and Religion. Tenri, Japan: Tenri Yamato Culture Congress.
  • Tenri University and Marburg University joint research project (2007). Prayer as interaction. Tenri, Japan: Tenri University.
  • The Organizing Committee of Tenrikyo-Christian Dialogue (1999). Tenrikyo Christian Dialogue. Tenri, Japan.: Tenri University Press.
  • The Organizing Committee of Tenrikyo-Christian Dialogue II (2005). Tenrikyo Christian Dialogue II. Tenri, Japan: Tenri University Press.

Glossaries

  • Fukaya, Y. (2009). Words of the Path: A Guide to Tenrikyo Terms and Expressions (Tenrikyo Overseas Department, Trans.). Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Overseas Department. (Original work published 1977)
  • Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, ed. (2018). "天理教事典". Kaitei Tenrikyō jiten (3rd ed.). Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyō Dōyūsha. ISBN 978-4-903058-96-2.
  • Tenrikyo Overseas Department (2010). A Glossary of Tenrikyo Terms. Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Overseas Department.
  • Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department (1997). Translation Handbook. Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department.

Theology

  • Fukaya, T. (1964). Tenrikyō – zenjinrui no saigoni motomeru mono – [Tenrikyo – the last thing that all humanity seeks –]. Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Doyusha.
  • Fukaya, T. (1977). Tenrikyō kyōgigaku josetsu [Prolegomena to Tenrikyo dogmatics]. Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Doyusha.
  • Higashibaba, I. (2009). Sōzō to kyūsai wo tsunagu ronri [The logic connecting creation and salvation]. In Tenken, 11, 137-146. Published by Tenri Seminary research office.
  • Moroi, Y. (1950). Tenrikyō shingaku joshō [Prologue to Tenrikyo theology]. Tenrikyō kenkyū, 1, 4-11.
  • Moroi, Y. (1959). Kihon benshōhō toshite no Tsukihi no ri – Tenrikyō kyōri ni okeru 'Tsukihi tetsugakuteki kōsatsu' [The Truth of Moon-Sun as the fundamental dialectic – a philosophical reflection on Moon-Sun in the Tenrikyo doctrine]. In Tenrikyōkō Ronsō, 2, 1-14. Edited by Tenri Graduate Seminary research office.
  • Moroi, Y. (1965). Dame no oshie taru yuen – toku ni shoshūkyō to hikaku taishō shite [What makes [Tenrikyo] the ultimate teaching – from comparison and contrast with other religions in particular]. In Moroi Yoshinori chosakushū [Yoshinori Moroi collection], vol. 5. Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Doyusha.
  • Nakajima, H. (1992). 'Fukugen' kankaku no keisei to dōkō [The formation and orientation of the sense of 'Restoration']. In Sōsetsu Tenrikyōgaku [Tenrikyo theology overview]. Tenri, Japan: Tenri Yamato Cultural Congress.
  • Nakajima, H. (1992). Kyōgaku kenkyū no rekishi [The history of [Tenrikyo] theological studies]. In Sōsetsu Tenrikyōgaku [Tenrikyo theology overview]. Tenri, Japan: Tenri Yamato Cultural Congress.
  • Shimada, K. (2014). The Emergence and Development of Tenrikyo Theology: On the Significance of Sciences of Religion as Mediums. In Tenri Journal of Religion, 42. Tenri, Japan.
  • Shimazono, S. (1980). Tenrikyō kenkyūshi shiron – hassei katei ni tsuite – [An essay on the history of the studies of Tenrikyo – concerning its emergence process]. Nihon shūkyōshi kenkyū nenpō [Annual review of historical studies of religions in Japan], 3, 70-103.
  • Tenri University Oyasato Research Institute (1986). The Theological Perspectives of Tenrikyo: In Commemoration of the Centennial Anniversary of Oyasama. Tenri, Japan: Tenri University Press.
  • Ueda, Y. Tenrikyōso no sekaikan [The worldview of the Tenrikyo Foundress].

Shinbashira's sermons, addresses, talks

  • Nakayama, S. (2002). My Hopes for the Young: Excerpts from the Second Shinbashira's Talks. (Tenrikyo Overseas Department, Trans.). Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Overseas Department.
  • Nakayama, Z. (2011). Oyasama's Model Path for One and All: Excerpts from the Third Shinbashira's Talks (Tenrikyo Overseas Department, Trans.). Tenri, Japan: Tenrikyo Overseas Department.
  • Nakayama, Zenji (2016). Sermons and Addresses by the Shinbashira: 2006–2015. (Tenrikyo Overseas Department, 2016, Tenri, Japan.
  • Nakayama, Zenye (1996). Sermons and Addresses by the Shinbashira: 1986–1995 (Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department, Trans.). Tenri, Japan.
  • Nakayama, Zenye & Nakayama, Zenji (2006). Sermons and Addresses by the Shinbashira: 1996–2005 (Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department, Trans.). Tenri, Japan.

Academic journals

Tenrikyo has been the subject of several articles in the following academic journals:

Tenrikyo periodicals

A collection of Fukugen journals.
  • Fukugen (復元 'Restoration'), published by the Department of Doctrine and Historical Materials under Tenrikyo Church Headquarters
  • Glocal Tenri (グローカル天理), a monthly bulletin from the Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion at Tenri University
  • Kyoyu (教友), newsletter for Tenrikyo Tokyo Diocese – source of a number of anecdotes quoted in Eiji Ozaki's Mind that Attracts Happiness
  • Michi no tomo (みちのとも, 'Friends of the path'), Tenrikyo Doyusha's monthly publication
  • Tenrikyōgaku kenkyū (天理教学研究 'Studies on Tenrikyo Theology')
  • Tenri Yamato Bunka Kaigi (天理やまと文化会議 'Tenri Yamato Culture Congress')

Other bibliographies

  • Clarke, Peter B. (1999) A Bibliography of Japanese New Religious Movements: With Annotations. Richmond: Curzon.
  • Paul L. Swanson & Clark Chilson, eds. (2005). Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.
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