Katja Triplett
Address / Affiliation
Associate Professor
Department of the Study of Religions
Philipps University Marburg
Landgraf-Philipp-Strasse 4
35032 Marburg
Germany
Tel (dir): +49 (0) 6421-28 22479
Fax: +49 (0) 6421-28 23944
Email
triplett@staff.uni-marburg.de
Areas of Specialization
  • Japanese Religions
  • Myths and Mythology
  • Theory and Method in the Study of Religions
  • Buddhism
  • Religions of East Asia
Areas of Interest
  • Civil religion
  • Narrativity
  • Memory
  • Healing
  • Visual aspects of religions
  • Museology
  • Translation and transmission of texts; transfer of knowledge
Major Relevant Publications
Monographs
Katja Triplett, Prinz Goldglanz auf der Reise durch Himmel und Höllen. Zwei Japanische Bildrollen des Bishamon no honji aus dem 16. Jahrhundert im Kölner Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst. Indica et Tibetica; 42, ed. by Michael Hahn, Marburg: Indica-et-Tibetica-Verlag, 2001
Katja Triplett, Menschenopfer und Selbstopfer in den japanischen Legenden. Das Frankfurter Manuskript der Matsura Sayohime-Legende. Studies in Modern Asian Religions; 2, ed. by Michael Pye and Monika Schrimpf, Münster [et al.]: Lit-Verlag, 2004
Edited books
Katja Triplett, Christoph Kleine, and Monika Schrimpf (ed.). Unterwegs. New Paths in the Study of Religions; Festschrift for Michael Pye in Honour of his 65th Birthday. München: Biblion, 2004
Book sections
Katja Triplett, "Kat? Genchi and the History of the Study of Religions in Japan." In Unterwegs. New Paths in the Study of Religions; Festschrift for Michael Pye in Honour of his 65th Birthday, ed. by Katja Triplett, Christoph Kleine and Monika Schrimpf. München: Biblion, 2004, 319-72.
Katja Triplett, "The Discourse on wa or Harmony in Contemporary Japanese Religions and Society." In Religious Harmony: Problems, Practice and Education, Conference Proceedings (27 September - 3 October 2004, Yogyakarta and Semarang, Indonesia), ed. by Abdurrahman Mas'ud, Alef Theria Wasim, Edith Franke and Michael Pye. Yogyakarta: Oasis, 2005, 161-169.
Katja Triplett, "Das Pluralismodell 'Religionsfreiheit' und die Religiöse Vielfalt Japans." In Religionen nebeneinander. Modelle religöser Vielfalt in Ost- und Südostasien, ed. by Edith Franke and Michael Pye. Münster: Lit-Verlag, 2006
Other Editorial Activities
Since September 2002: Reviews Editor of Marburg Journal of Religion
Since January 2004: General Editor of Science of Religion
Other Information of Interest
Languages: German (native speaker), English and Japanese; some Chinese, rudimentary Vietnamese
I am a co-opted member of the IAHR Executive Committee through my role as a general editor of a IAHR publication (Science of Religion).
I am also the curator of the Museum of Religions (Religionswissenschaft) in Marburg.
BackTop