The Failed Prophecy of Shinto Nationalism and the Rise of Japanese Brazilian Catholicism

This article deals with the main religious transition that accomplished the redefinition of Japanese Brazilian identity after the Second World War. State Shinto was the main world view of the Japanese immigrants in Brazil until the 1950s, playing a key role in the Japanese resistance of Brazilian ac...

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Published in:Japanese journal of religious studies
Main Author: Shoji, Rafael 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Nanzan Institute [2008]
In: Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2008, Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Pages: 13-38
Further subjects:B World Wars
B Baptism
B Buddhism
B Economic migration
B Nationalism
B Immigration
B Japanese culture
B Catholicism
B Shintoism
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