Mizuko Kuyō and New Age Concepts of Reincarnation

This essay is an attempt to apply the religious views of people who follow New Age ideas, based on particular beliefs concerning reincarnation, to the question of abortion and memorial rites for the aborted. The performance of mizuko kuyō 水子供養 (memorial rites for aborted or stillborn children) expan...

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Main Author: Komatsu, Kayoko 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Nanzan Institute [2003]
In: Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2003, Volume: 30, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 259-278
Further subjects:B Women
B Buddhism
B Memorials
B New age culture
B Religious Studies
B Reincarnation
B Fetus
B Children
B Threatened abortion
B Abortion
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