From Marxism to Religion: Thought Crimes and Forced Conversions in Imperial Japan
This article examines the role of prison chaplains in the forced conversion (tenko) of political prisoners in imperial Japan in the wake of the repressive Peace Preservation Law of 1925. The records of the Shin Buddhist prison chaplaincy indicate that chaplains understood tenko as a religious proble...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nanzan Institute
2019
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| In: |
Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 46, Issue: 2, Pages: 193-218 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Japan
/ Jōdo-shinshū
/ Prisoner
/ Dissenter
/ Marxist
/ Political prisoner
/ Conversion
/ Forcedmeasures
/ State
/ Religion
/ History 1925-1935
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BL Buddhism KBM Asia ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Prisons
B Buddhism B Religious Studies B Parole B Criminals B Repentance B Chaplains B Marxism B Prisoners |
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