To become a Deku no Bo (Dekubo)
Miyazawa Kenji studied natural science and helped farmers. At the same time, he was a Buddhist, and his religious interests extended to Christianity, Shinto, folk beliefs, Taoism, and even North Eurasian religions. Why did Kenji immerse himself in both science and religion? Using Miyazawa Kenji's works as a guide, this book provides an easy-to-understand explanation of the relationship between religion and science.
[From the Table of Contents]
Introduction
Chapter 1: What is the Issue?
Chapter 2: Miyazawa Kenji
2-1 About Kenji
2-2 Kenji's Art
2-3 Kenji's Era
Chapter 3: The Difference Between Science and Religion
3-1 The Divergence Between Knowledge and Faith
3-2 What is Religion?
3-3 What is the Soul?
Column 1: The Jomon and Yayoi People
Column 2: The Religious Worldview of Ancient Japanese
Chapter 4: What is Science?
4-1: Natural Science
4-2: The Limits and Dangers of Science
Column 3: Facts and Hypotheses in Science
Chapter 5: The Relationship between Science and Religion
5-1: Dawkins's Complete Denial of Religion
5-2: Gould's Argument [Mutual Non-Interference Between Religion and Science]
Column 4: "Race" among White People
Chapter 6: The Specific Forms of Various Religions
6-1: Shinto
Column 5: Ainu Gods
6-2 Hirata Atsutane's "The True Pillar of Spirit"
Column 6: Scholarship and Masters
6-3: State Shinto
Column 7: Shimaji Mokurai and Shimaji Daito
Column 8: Are the Japanese an "Unthinking Nation"?
6-4 Buddhism
6-5 Kenji and the Lotus Sutra
6-6 Buddhist Views of Life and the Afterlife
6-7 Kenji and Christianity
6-8 Christian Worldviews and Views of Humanity
Column 9: Protestant Denominations
Column 10: Religions in India after the Decline of Buddhism
6-9 Kenji's Religiousness
Chapter 7: Living Things, Humans, and Religion from a Scientific Perspective
7-1 The Scientific View of Life: Evolution
7-2 The Scientific View of Humanity
7-3: What Remains After Human Death
Column 11: The Either-or Debate
7-4: The Gray Zone Between Religion and Science
7-5: Darwin and Religion
Column 12: Happiness and Suffering in the Living World
Column 13: Joseph Priestley
7-6: Haeckel and Religion
Chapter 8: Religion and Science
8-1 Kenji's Thoughts on Religion and Science
8-2: Religion and Science as Two Legs
Column 14: The Religious Worldview
Conclusion
Afterword
