Competing for the Apocalypse: Religious Rivalry and Millennial Transformations in a Japanese New Religion

This article examines how one Japanese new religion shifted its orientations and perspectives--notably in millennialist terms--in the late twentieth century, and suggests this may have been influenced by the rivalries and conflicts it had with another millennialist movement in Japan. By examining th...

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Authors: Baffelli, Erica 1976- (Author) ; Reader, Ian 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: equinox 2011
In: International journal for the study of new religions
Year: 2011, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-28
Further subjects:B Japan
B Kōfuku no Kagaku
B Millennialism
B New Religions
B Aum Shinrikyō
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