Mark Teeuwen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mark Teeuwen

Dutch Japanologist

Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1966

Place of Birth: Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands

Profession: professor, historian, japanologist

Nationality: Norway, Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Mark J.
Teeuwen (Marcus Jacobus Teeuwen, born 9 February 1966, Eindhoven) is a Dutch academic and Japanologist.
He is an expert in Japanese religious practices, and he is a Professor at the University of Oslo.
In a 2002 essay called From Jindo to Shinto: A Concept Takes Shape, he traced the evolution of the term "Shinto" from the reconstructed pronunciation Jindo at the time of the Nihon Shoki until today, describing the changes its meaning has gone through.