Religious Issues in Japan 2008: Religion as a "Social Problem"
The following report on “religion in the news” in Japan from late 2007 through 2008 is a partial translation of a report published in Japanese as「 現代日本における宗教性の行方――社会問題化する宗教、靖国神社問題、宗教の 「社会貢献」の一年から」in the pages of『現代宗教』(Contemporary Religion, 2009, 340–59), a journal published annually by the Internat...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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Bulletin of the Nanzan Institute for Religion & Culture
Year: 2009, Volume: 33, Pages: 60-74 |
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| Summary: | The following report on “religion in the news” in Japan from late 2007 through 2008 is a partial translation of a report published in Japanese as「 現代日本における宗教性の行方――社会問題化する宗教、靖国神社問題、宗教の 「社会貢献」の一年から」in the pages of『現代宗教』(Contemporary Religion, 2009, 340–59), a journal published annually by the International Institute for the Study of Religion. It is based on the database of the rirc (Religious Information Research Center) and on information culled from newspapers, journals, and specialized religious publications. As in previous years, the author has kindly consented to allow us to translate his report into English; this year the author has changed from Tsujimura Shinobu, who wrote the report for many years, to the current author. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Nanzan Shūkyō Bunka Kenkyūjo, Bulletin of the Nanzan Institute for Religion & Culture
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