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An ongoing project to catalogue all existing literature about Tenrikyo published in English, to facilitate further study. Publications are organized by category. For a list of books solely by Tenrikyo Church Headquarters or Tenrikyo Overseas Department, see Book list.

Main texts

Scriptures

  • Nakayama, Miki. Ofudesaki. 6th edition, Tenrikyo Church Headquarters, 1993, Tenri, Japan.
    • NB: An edition including the original Japanese, romanization, and 6th edition English translation was published in 1998.
  • Nakayama, Miki. Mikagura-uta. 7th edition, 1999, Tenri, Japan.
  • Tenrikyo Overseas Department. An Anthology of Osashizu Translations. Tenrikyo Overseas Department, 2007, Tenri, Japan.
    • NB: An official translation of the complete Osashizu is not currently available, due to its length and the difficulty of translating the dialect of that particular time.

Supplements to Scriptures

Studies of Scriptures/Supplements published by Tenrikyo Church HQ/Doyusha

Ofudesaki

  • Yoshitaro Ueda's commentary translated as a series in Michi no Dai: Foundation of the Path, Vol. 32 – present.
  • Inoue, Akio and Enyon, Matthew. A Study of the Ofudesaki. 2nd edition, Tenrikyo Doyusha, 1987, Tenri, Japan.
  • Nakayama, Shozen. Thoughts on a Thematic Outline of the Ofudesaki.

Mikagura-uta

  • Overseas Department. The Otefuri Guide.
  • Fukaya, Tadamasa. A Commentary on the Mikagura-uta, The Songs for the Tsutome. Revised edition, Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department, 1978, Tenri, Japan.

The Doctrine of Tenrikyo

  • Nakayama, Shozen. Lectures on The Doctrine of Tenrikyo. 1994.
  • Fukaya, Tadamasa. A Doctrinal Study: The Truth of Origin. Tenrikyo Overseas Department, 1983, Tenri, Japan.
    • NB: On Chapter Three of the Doctrine, "The Truth of Origin."

The Life of Oyasama

  • Tenrikyo Doyusha Publishing Company. Tale of Oyasama. Vols 1 + 2.
  • Tenrikyo Doyusha Publishing Company. Tracing the Model Path: A Close Look into The Life of Oyasama. Translated by Tenrikyo Overseas Department, 2014, Tenri, Japan.
  • Tenrikyo Overseas Department. Reference Materials for The Life of Oyasama. 2000, Tenri, Japan.
  • Historical Sketch of the Life of Oyasama. 1988.

Other publications by Tenrikyo Church HQ/Doyusha

Introductory

  • Tenrikyo Overseas MIssion Department. Tenrikyo: The Path to Joyousness. 1998, Tenri, Japan.
    • NB: Basic information on institutional history, church's internal structure (slightly outdated).
  • Nishiyama, Teruo. Introduction to the Teachings of Tenrikyo. 1981.
  • Tenrikyo: Its History and Teachings. Tenrikyo Overseas MIssion Department. 1966, Tenri, Japan.

Glossaries

  • Tenrikyo Doyusha Publishing Company. A Glossary of Tenrikyo Terms. Translated by Tenrikyo Overseas Department, 2010, Tenri, Japan.
  • Fukaya, Yoshikazu. Words of the Path: A Guide to Tenrikyo Terms and Expressions. Translated by Tenrikyo Overseas Department, 2009, Tenri, Japan.

Words from the Shinbashira

  • Sermons and Addresses by the Shinbashira: 2006–2015. Translated by Tenrikyo Overseas Department, 2016, Tenri, Japan.
  • Sermons and Addresses by the Shinbashira: 1996–2005. Translated by Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department, 2006, Tenri, Japan.
  • Sermons and Addresses by the Shinbashira: 1986–1995. Translated by Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department, 1996, Tenri, Japan.
  • Oyasama's Model Path for One and All: Excerpts from the Third Shinbashira's Talks. Translated by Tenrikyo Overseas Department, 2011, Tenri, Japan.
  • My Hopes for the Young: Excerpts from the Second Shinbashira's Talks. Translated by Tenrikyo Overseas Department, 2002, Tenri, Japan.
  • Ueda, Yoshinaru. Commentary on Instruction Three. 1981.
  • Nakayama Zenji. 2002. Instruction Two. Tenri: Translation Section, Tenrikyo Overseas Department.
  • Nakayama Shozen. 1964. Hitokotohanashi (English translation). Tenri: The Headquarters of Tenrikyo Church.

History

  • Tenrikyo Overseas MIssion Department. Tenrikyo: The Path to Joyousness. 1998, Tenri, Japan.
  • Tenrikyo Doyusha. A Historical Sketch of Tenrikyo. ed. Tenrikyo Doyusha, 1990, Tenri, Japan.
  • Translation Section, Overseas Department. The Teachings and History of Tenrikyo. 1986.
  • Okubo, Akinori. A Study of Social Welfare in Tenrikyo. 1985.

Biographies/Anecdotes

  • Ozaki, Eiji. Mind That Attracts Happiness. Translated by Tenrikyo Overseas Department, 2013, Tenri, Japan.
  • Tenrikyo Doyusha Publishing Company. The Measure of Heaven: The Life of Izo Iburi, the Honseki. Translated by Tenrikyo Overseas Department, 2012, Tenri, Japan.
  • Takahashi Sadatsugu. Great and Gentle Mother: Yoshi Nakagawa. Translated by Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department, 1986, Tenri, Japan.
  • Takano, Tomoji. Disciples of Oyasama, Foundress of Tenrikyo. 1985.
  • Nakayama, Yoshikazu. My Oyasama. Vols I and II. Translated by Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department, 1984, Tenri, Japan.
  • Takano, Tomoji. The Missionary. 1981.
    • NB: Biography of Yoshizo Katayama of Honjima.
  • Matsumoto, Shigeru. Faith In Oyasama. 1980.

Tenri Forum

  • Tenri Forum 2006: New Frontiers in the Mission (Compiled Speeches and Summaries). 2008

Guides and Handbooks for followers

  • Tenrikyo Overseas Department. Questions and Answers about Tenrikyo. 2006, Tenri, Japan.
  • Nakayama, Yoshikazu and Shiba, Tahichi. Reading the Kakisage. translated by Tenrikyo Overseas Department, 2007, Tenri, Japan.
  • Tenrikyo Doyusha. Yoboku's Guide to Tenrikyo. 2004.
  • Tenrikyo Church Headquarters. Services and Ritual Procedures. 2004, Tenri, Japan.
  • Tenrikyo Doyusha. The Besseki Lectures: Toward Spiritual Rebirth, 1997.
  • Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department. Translation Handbook. 1997.
  • Nakayama, Zenye. Growing Spiritually Day by Day. 1996.
  • Tagawa, Torao. Guide to Composing Prayers. 1992.
  • Nakayama, Zenye. Joyousness Day after Day. 1992.
  • Translation Section, Overseas Department. Selections from the Osashizu. 1990.
    • NB: Superseded by An Anthology of Osashizu Translations (2007).
  • Fukaya, Tadamasa Yotokusha. The Way to Understand Illness: Cutting Off the Root of Illness. 1989.
  • Hamada, Taizo. The Fascination of Oyasato. 1987.
  • Ueda, Yoshinaru. Insights into the Story of Creation. 1984.
  • Matsumoto, Shigeru, In Quest of the Fundamental. 1982.
  • Tanaka, Kikuo. Dust and Innen. 1982.
  • Nakayama, Yoshikazu. Divine Model Seasonable Time. 1981.
  • Yamamoto, Takeo. Faith Sincerity Joy. 1981.
  • Matsumoto, Shigeru. Modern Society and Spiritual Maturity. 1981.
  • Nakayama, Yoshikazu. Mind and Body. 1979.
  • Ueda, Yoshinaru. Tenri-O-no-Mikoto: What Is the Character of God? 1976.
  • Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion. Catechism of Tenrikyo.
  • Fukaya, Tadamasa. The Fundamental Doctrines of Tenrikyo.
  • Overseas Department. The Path to the Joyous Life.
  • To All Our Ailing Friends.
  • Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department (TOMD). 1979. The Catechism of Tenrikyo. Tenri: Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department.
  • Tenrikyo Overseas Department. 2003. The Constitution of Tenrikyo. (third edition). Tenri: Tenrikyo Overseas Department.

Academic publications

Overview

  • Clarke, Peter B. (2000). Japanese New Religions: In Global Perspective. Richmond : Curzon. ISBN 9780700711857; OCLC 442441364
    • Matsunaga, Louella. "Spiritual Companies, Corporate Religions: Japanese Companies and Japanese New Religious Movements at Home and Abroad." From Clarke's Japanese New Religions in Global Perspective.
  • Ellwood, Robert. Tenrikyo: a pilgrimage faith: the structure and meanings of a modern Japanese religion. 1982.
  • Greene, Daniel Crosby. 1895. "Tenrikyo, or the Teaching of the Heavenly Reason." Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan 23 no. 5, 24-74.
  • Clarke, Peter B., Somers, Jeffrey, editors (1994). Japanese New Religions in the West, Japan Library/Curzon Press, Kent, UK. ISBN 1-873410-24-7

Interreligious dialogue

  • The Organizing Committee of Tenrikyo-Christian Dialogue. Tenrikyo Christian Dialogue. Tenri University Press, 1999, Tenri, Japan.
  • The Organizing Committee of Tenrikyo-Christian Dialogue II. Tenrikyo Christian Dialogue II. Tenri University Press, 2005, Tenri, Japan.
  • Pye, Michael. "How May the Academic Study of Religions Assist the Dialogue of Religions?" Japanese Religions, Vol. 32 Nos. 1 & 2, 2007, NCC, Kyoto, Japan. link as of Aug 2017

Ofudesaki

  • Mori, Susumu. A Study on the English Translation of the Ofudesaki, The Tip of the Writing Brush. link
    • Note: This article was translated by Motonao Yasui, Staff at the Translation Section, Overseas Department, Tenrikyo Church Headquarters, and checked by the original author, Susumu Mori. The original article was first published in Foreign Language Education: Theory and Practice, No. 31 (2005), the Center for Language Education and Research, Tenri University, and also appeared in Collected Articles on the Japanese Language, No. 43 (2008), Ronsetsu Shiryo Hozonkai.

Beliefs/principles

  • Kisala, Robert (2001). "Images of God in Japanese New Religions." Bulletin of the Nanzan Institute for Religion & Culture, 25, pp. 19–32. (link as of Aug 2017)
  • Yamashita, Akiko. "The "Eschatology" of Japanese new and new new religions: from Tenrikyo to Kofuku-no-Kagaku." Japanese Religions, Vol. 23, January 1998, pp. 125–42, NCC, Kyoto, Japan.
  • Kisala, Robert. "Contemporary Karma: Interpretations of Karma in Tenrikyō and Risshō Kōseikai." Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Mar., 1994), pp. 73-91
  • Becker, Carl B. 1986 [1979]. "Concepts and Roles of God in Tenrikyo." In The Theological Perspectives of Tenrikyo: In Commemoration of the Centennial Anniversary of Oyasama / edited by Oyasato Research Institute, Tenri University. Tenri: Tenri University Press, 473-500.
  • Sawai, Yoshitsugu. 1986. "The Providence of God the Parent: Toward the Understanding of Tenrikyo Cosmology." In The Theological Perspectives of Tenrikyo: In Commemoration of the Centennial Anniversary of Oyasama / edited by Oyasato Research Institute, Tenri University. Tenri: Tenri University Press, 79-110.

Liturgy (Service and Mikagura-uta)

  • Hashimoto, Taketo. "The Kagura Service—Its Structure and Meaning." Tenri Journal of Religion 15, pp. 31–44.
  • Horiuchi, Midori. "Mikagura-uta and Tenrikyo." Tenri Journal of Religion 34, pp. 1–12.
  • Kaneko, Tadashi. "The Ethical Meaning of Mikagura-uta." Tenri Journal of Religion 10, pp. 26–36.
  • Nakajima, Hideo. "The Basic Structure of the Idea of Salvation in Tenrikyo." Tenri Journal of Religion 7, pp. 46–50.
  • Sasaki, Louise W. "The Tenrikyo Sacred Dance—The Symbolic Use of Movement." Tenri Journal of Religion 14, pp. 29–64.
  • _________. The Tenrikyo Sacred Dance—The Song Text and Dance Movement (Tenri Journal of Religion 14 Supplement.)
  • Sato, Koji. "Salvation Through Tenrikyo's Service (Tsutome)." Tenri Journal of Religion 18, pp. 71–86.
  • Morishita, Saburo Shawn. "Teodori: Cosmological Building and Social Consolidation in a Ritual Dance." Rome: Editrice Pontificia Universita Gregoriana, 2001.

Women/Gender

  • Matsumura, Kazuo. "The Koki Story and the Femininity of the Foundress of Tenrikyo." from Mythical Thinkings: What Can We Learn from Comparative Mythology? Countershock Press, Frankston, Australia. 2014.
  • Kaneko Juri (金子珠理). "Can Tenrikyō Transcend the Modern Family? From a Humanistic Understanding of Hinagata and Narratives of Foster Care Activities" Japanese Journal of Religious Studies Vol. 30, No. 3/4, Feminism and Religion in Contemporary Japan (Fall, 2003), pp. 243-258.
    • a summary of Kaneko Juri's paper can be found here: Kawahashi Noriko (川橋範子), Kuroki Masako (黑木雅子) "Editors' Introduction: Feminism and Religion in Contemporary Japan." Japanese Journal of Religious Studies Vol. 30, No. 3/4, Feminism and Religion in Contemporary Japan (Fall, 2003), pp. 207-216.
  • Yamashita, Akiko. 1990. "Tenrin-o and Henjo-Nansi: Two Women--Founders of New Religions." Japanese Religions 16 no 2 (July 1990), 1-23.
  • Nakamura Kyoko. 1981. "Revelatory Experience in the Female Life Cycle: A Biographical Study of Women Religionists in Modern Japan." Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, pp. 187-205.

Anthropology

  • Huang, Y.-p. (2017). "The methods of propagation of a Japanese new religion in the UK—Tenrikyo." Cogent Social Sciences, 3(1), 1283731. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2017.1283731
  • Taehoon Kim. "The Place of "Religion" in Colonial Korea around 1910 : The Imperial History of "Religion"." Journal of Korean Religions Vol. 2, No. 2, Korean Religions in Inter-Cultural Contexts (October 2011), pp. 25-46.
  • Levi McLaughlin. "IN THE WAKE OF THE TSUNAMI: Religious Responses to the Great East Japan Earthquake" CrossCurrents Vol. 61, No. 3, RELIGION IN ASIA TODAY (SEPTEMBER 2011), pp. 290-297.
  • Rafael Shoji and Frank Usarski. "Editors' Introduction: Japanese Religions in Brazil." Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 35, No. 1 (2008), pp. 1-12
  • Hirochika Nakamaki (中牧弘允) "Japanese Religions, Calendars, and Religious Culture in Brazil." Japanese Journal of Religious Studies Vol. 35, No. 1 (2008), pp. 145-159.
  • Morishita, Saburo. "Good Works and the Question of Self-Presentation in Tenrikyo." Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, Vol. 9, No. 2 (November 2005), pp. 33-49.
  • Ian Reader. "Perspective Chronologies, Commonalities and Alternative Status in Japanese New Religious Movements: Defining NRMs outside the Western Cul-de-sac." Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions Vol. 9, No. 2 (November 2005), pp. 84-96.
  • Hatakama Kazuhiro. 2002. "Society and Tenrikyo During the Meiji Period." Tenri Journal of Religion 30 (March 2002), 83-103.
  • Hamrin, T. (2000). Tenrikyo in Singapore: Representating the Japanese presence. In E. Ben-Ari & J. Clammer (Eds.), Japan in Singapore: Cultural occurrences and cultural flows (pp. 194–215). Surrey: Curzon
  • Catherine Cornille. "Nationalism in New Japanese Religions." Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions Vol. 2, No. 2 (April 1999), pp. 228-244.
  • Hayasaka Masaaki. 1984. "Issues Surrounding the Official Recognition of the Religious Organizations of Tenrikyo and Konkokyo." Tenri Journal of Religion 18 (October 1984), 87-112.
  • Dale A. Olsen. "The Social Determinants of Japanese Musical Life in Peru and Brazil." Ethnomusicology, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jan., 1983), pp. 49-70.
  • John N. Hawkins and Judith A. Takata. "Tenri University: A Religious Approach to International Education." Peabody Journal of Education Vol. 49, No. 4 (Jul., 1972), pp. 300-306

Other bibliographies

Master's Theses

  • Wagner, Sean. 1997. Tenrikyo: The Establishment and Legitimization of Sacred Space in Tenri City, Japan. M.A. thesis, University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
  • Forbes, Roy. 2005. "Schism, Orthodoxy and Heresy in the History of Tenrikyo: Three Case Studies." Master's Thesis.

Not classified yet

  • Taira, Sunao. Reexamination of “Religion” in Contemporary Society. (Aug 2017)
  • Shiozawa Chiaki. ""The Truth of Origin" viewing from the life science." from「生命科学からみた「元の理」in『グローカル天理』第11号（通巻71号）translated into a handbook in English.
  • Serizawa Shigeru. 1983. "Historical Facts Concerning Self-Styled Beliefs in Tenrikyo and Reflections Upon Our Faith." Tenri Journal of Refigion 17 (October 1983), 145-158.
  • Nakajima Hideo. 1983. "Between Individuality and Self-Styled Faith." Tenri Journal of Religion 17 (October 1983), 133-143.
  • Hardacre, Helen. 1986a. Kurozumikyo and the New Religions ofJapan. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
  • Hardacre, Helen. 1986b. "Creating State Shinto: The Great Promulgation Campaign and the New Religions." Journal of Japanese Studies 12 no. 1 (Winter 1986), 29-63.
  • Hardacre, Helen. 1994. "Conflict between Shugendo and the New Religions of Bakumatsu Japan." Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 21 (June-September 1994), 137-166.
  • Becker, Carl B. 1990. "Religious Healing in 19th Century 'New Religions': The Cases of Tenrikyo and Christian Science." Religion 20 (July 1990), 199-215.
  • Mori, Susumu. "Religious Studies and Human Understanding." Tenrikyo Studies of Worldviews.
  • Paul E. Johnson. "New Religions and Mental Health" Journal of Religion and Health. Vol. 3, No. 4 (Jul., 1964), pp. 327-334.
  • Morishita, Saburo. "Building Faith: A Reflection on Two Forms of Religious Materiality in Tenrikyo." Religiski-filozofiski raksti, XVIII/2015, Issue No. 1, p. 170-189.
  • Huang, Yueh-Po. 2016. “Embracing Ritual Healing: The Case of Sazuke in Tenrikyo in Contemporary Taiwan” Journal of Religion and Health, 56(4): 1317-1334.
  • Huang, Yueh-Po. 2016. “Colonial Encounter and Inculturation: The Birth and Development of Tenrikyo in Taiwan” Nova Religio - Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 19(3): 78-103.
  • Omori, Hisako. 2016. "Creating Families: Tenrikyō Foster Homes in Japan." Japanese Studies, Vol.36(2), p.213-229.

Non-academic publications

  • Boyett, Joseph H. and Boyett, Jimmie T. The Guru Guide to Entrepreneurship: A Concise Guide to the Best Ideas from the World's Top Entrepreneurs. 2000.
    • "Following a visit to a temple of the Tenrikyo sect, Matsushita became nearly obsessed by the image of happy, hard-working people who donated their time to the temple. He concluded that if a corporation could be made meaningful like religion, then people would be both more productive and more satisfied" (Boyett 285).
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