Mark J. Teeuwen (Marcus Jacobus Teeuwen, born 9 February 1966,

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/ref> In a 2002 essay called From Jindō to Shinto: A Concept Takes Shape, he traced the evolution of the term "Shinto" from the reconstructed pronunciation ''Jindō'' at the time of the Nihon Shoki until today, describing the changes its meaning has gone through.

Early life

Teeuwen was awarded his MA at the

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in 1989. His earned a Ph.D. at Leiden in 1996.

Career

From 1994 through 1999, Teeuwen was a Lecturer at the Japanese Studies Centre,

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. Since 1999, he has been Professor of Japanese at the University of Oslo. Teeuwen's critical examination of religious practices in Japan is considered ground-breaking. His published work has been informed by his historical research.

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is construed as a fundamental component of Teeuwen's view of Shinto.Rambelli, Fabio
"Dismantling stereotypes surrounding Japan's sacred entities,"
''Japan Times.'' July 15, 2001 Teeuwen's work is influenced by the writings of Toshio Kuroda.

Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Mark Teeuwen,

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Teeuwen, Mark
/ref> * ''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

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* ''Buddhas and Kami in Japan: Honji Suijaku as a Combinatory Paradigm'' (2002) * ''Tracing Shinto in the History of Kami Worship'' (2002) * ''Shinto, a Short History'' (2003) * ''Buddhas and Kami in Japan: Honji Suijaku as Combinatory Paradigm'' (2003), with

Fabio Rambelli Fabio Rambelli (born June 15, 1963) is an Italian academic, author and editor. He is a professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) faculty b ...

* ''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," ''Monumenta Nipponica'' 61-2, Summer 2006, pp. 227–24.

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References

* Rambelli, Fabio
"Dismantling stereotypes surrounding Japan's sacred entities,"
''Japan Times.'' July 15, 2001; book review excerpted from ''Monumenta Nipponica,'' 56:2. {{DEFAULTSORT:Teeuwen, Mark 1966 births Living people Historians of Japan Dutch Japanologists Dutch academics Leiden University alumni University of Oslo faculty Dutch expatriates in Norway People from Eindhoven