The Ghosts of Tsunami Dead and Kokoro no kea in Japan’s Religious Landscape

Since the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami in 2011, ghost tales have spread throughout disaster affected areas. There have been reports of ghost sightings and even of people being possessed by ghosts of the tsunami dead. In 2013, I conducted a survey to investigate how religious specialists d...

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Main Author: Takahashi, Hara (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Journal of Religion in Japan
Year: 2016, Volume: 5, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 176-198
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Tohoku (Region) / Tsunami / Spirits / Church work / Secularization / History 2011-2016
IxTheo Classification:AE Psychology of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
BL Buddhism
BN Shinto
KBM Asia
RG Pastoral care
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B Ghosts the Great East Japan Earthquake tsunami kokoro no kea secularization post-secularity
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)