ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on aspects of institutional religion in Japan in which the interplay of religion and ecology has become relevant enough to be approached as a form of global repositioning. The selection of cultural/religious elements circulating in global environmentalism within the Japanese religious context is accompanied by processes of decontextualization. The greening of Japanese religions shows that relativization can be followed by the selection of ideas circulating globally about ecology that allow for a sort of reorientation within the increasing complexity of global society. Reactions to the Fukushima accident within the Honganji-ha branch of Jdo Shinsh have revealed a more moderate attitude. The Green Plan in Sotoshu relies on global ideas of global warming and sustainable growth, and has been conceived within the growing awareness of international discussions on ecology promoted by the United Nations.
