Shin’ichirō Imaoka
About the Author
Japanese religious thinker, educator, and advocate of Free Religion whose long life and work influenced progressive and liberal religion in Japan.
Resources by Shin’ichirō Imaoka
Selected Writings on Free Religion (自由宗教) & Other Subjects
A revised 2025 edition of selected essays by Imaoka Shin’ichirō (1881–1988), a major Japanese thinker associated with Free Religion (jiyū shūkyō), liberal religion, and interfaith understanding. The volume is translated by William and Dorothy Parker, Akiyama Kinuko, and Imaoka Shin’ichirō; collected and edited by George M. Williams; and co-edited by Andrew James Brown and Graham Driver.
The contents include a short biography and essays such as “What Is Free Religion?”, “My Spiritual Pilgrimage”, “What I Have Learned About Buddhism and Christianity”, “From Religious Freedom to Free Religion”, “My Free Religious Viewpoint”, “A Viewpoint on Free Religion”, “Who Is Christ?”, and texts related to the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF).
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