Did Aum Change Everything?: What Soka Gakkai Before, During, and After the Aum Shinrikyō Affair Tells Us About the Persistent "Otherness" of New Religions in Japan
Scholars share a broad consensus that the Aum Shinrikyō subway attacks in March 1995 fundamentally shifted prevailing attitudes against "religion" in Japan. However, comparison with the case of Soka Gakkai, Japan's largest active "new religion," complicates this view. In thi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nanzan Institute
[2012]
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Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2012, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 51-75 |
| Further subjects: | B
Politicians
B Soka Gakkai B East Asian politics B Religious Studies B Political Parties B Journalism B Political elections B Religious Organizations |
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