"Like Armageddon": Kōfuku no Kagaku and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Kōfuku no Kagaku is a most visible new religious actor in contemporary Japan thanks to the vast publishing activities of its founder and its widespread professional use of new media. This paper examines how Kōfuku no Kagaku engages with the COVID-19 pandemic in practical and doctrinal terms. Notably...

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Published in:Religions
Authors: Pokorny, Lukas 1980- (Author) ; Mayer, Patricia Sophie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2022
In: Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 5
Further subjects:B New Religious Movement
B Millenarianism
B Coronavirus
B Covid-19
B Japan
B Happy Science
B Kōfuku no Kagaku
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