Fear and the construction of minority religions in Japan
This contribution uses examples from ‘new religions’ (shinshūkyō) to discuss how minority religions have been constructed in Japan, highlighting in particular the centrality of fear in the creation and perpetuation of minority status. Groups labelled as new religions have, since the late nineteenth...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2023
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Religion, state & society
Year: 2023, Volume: 51, Issue: 3, Pages: 223-237 |
| Further subjects: | B
Fear
B ‘new’ religions B Minority B Japan B Marginality |
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