Aum Shinrikyō and its Use of the Media

The following essay is based on a presentation made at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Atlanta on 24 November 2003, in a panel on “Developments in the Public-Relations and Growth Strategies of New Religious Movements in Japan.” A Japanese version appeared in the journal “Ac...

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Main Author: WATANABE, Manabu (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2005
In: Bulletin of the Nanzan Institute for Religion & Culture
Year: 2005, Volume: 29, Pages: 42-53
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Summary:The following essay is based on a presentation made at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Atlanta on 24 November 2003, in a panel on “Developments in the Public-Relations and Growth Strategies of New Religious Movements in Japan.” A Japanese version appeared in the journal “Academia” (No. 78, 2004). It seemed fitting, on the occasions of the tenth anniversary of the sarin attack in the Tokyo Subway System to translate these reflections on the relations between Aum Shinrikyō and media.
Contains:Enthalten in: Nanzan Shūkyō Bunka Kenkyūjo, Bulletin of the Nanzan Institute for Religion & Culture