The Missing Link between Meiji Universalism and Postwar Pacifism, and What It Means for the Future

This article focuses on the life of two individuals who were actively promoting universalism in the Meiji era, becoming silent during World War II, and then resurfacing after the war, pursuing similar ideas and agendas. These two individuals were Imaoka Shin'ichiro (1881-1988), the former secre...

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Main Author: Mohr, Michel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2018]
In: Religions
Year: 2018, Volume: 9, Issue: 5, Pages: 1-12
Further subjects:B transreligious movements
B Intellectual History
B nonsectarian endeavors
B Pacifism
B Meiji era
B Universalism
B Imaoka Shin'ichiro
B Japanese religions
B postwar Japan
B Nishida Tenko
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