New Religions, Depopulation, and the Aging Population
More than 20 percent of Japan’s population is over the age of sixty-five, and 45 percent of all cities, towns, and villages in Japan are classified as “depopulated” by the national government. Researchers have long been aware of the challenges that the aging population and depopulation pose to tradi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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Journal of Religion in Japan
Year: 2016, Volume: 5, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 263-305 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Risshō Kōseikai
/ Konkōkyō
/ Population decline
/ Rural-urban migration
/ History 1960-2016
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AF Geography of religion AZ New religious movements KBM Asia RB Church office; congregation TK Recent history |
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New Religions
depopulation
aging population
social welfare
community service
Dharma centers
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