Selected Writings on Free Religion (自由宗教) & Other Subjects
Description
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).
Table of contents 22 entries
- Short Biography of Imaoka Shin'ichirō 7
- What Is Free Religion? 11
- I Believe in a Universal Cooperative Society - My Articles of Faith at 100 15
- There Is No Graduation from the University of Life 25
- My Spiritual Pilgrimage 35
- What I Have Learned About Buddhism and Christianity 41
- Meditation Is the Source of Vitality 45
- Re-examination of Mason's Shinto 53
- Thoughts on Emerson 59
- Quibbles of an Old Man 65
- From Religious Freedom to Free Religion 67
- International Association of Religious Freedom (IARF): Facts, Prospects & a Statement of Faith 73
- Impressions of the 25th Congress of the International Association of Religious Freedom, Tokyo, Japan 81
- Statement of Faith (Tentative) 83
- Postscript to a Statement of Faith 85
- Statement of Faith for My Daily Life 87
- Educational Policy of Seisoku Middle School 89
- My Free Religious Viewpoint 99
- A Viewpoint on Free Religion 105
- Who Is Christ? 111
- Religion for the World of Tomorrow 113
- Speech to IARF Congress 116