"Like Armageddon": Kōfuku no Kagaku and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Kōfuku no Kagaku is a most visible new religious actor in contemporary Japan thanks to the vast publishing activities of its founder and its widespread professional use of new media. This paper examines how Kōfuku no Kagaku engages with the COVID-19 pandemic in practical and doctrinal terms. Notably...
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2022
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Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 5 |
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New Religious Movement
B Millenarianism B Coronavirus B Covid-19 B Japan B Happy Science B Kōfuku no Kagaku |
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