Celebrity gods: new religions, media, and authority in occupied Japan

Celebrity Gods explores the interaction of new religions and the media in postwar Japan. It focuses on the leaders and founders (kyōsō) of Jiu and Tenshō Kōtai Jingū Kyō, two new religions of Japan's immediate postwar period that received substantial press attention. Jiu was linked to the popul...

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Main Author: Dorman, Benjamin (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Honolulu University of Hawaiʻi Press 2012
In:Year: 2012
Series/Journal:Nanzan library of Asian religion and culture
Further subjects:B Mass media - Religious aspects
B Mass media in religion (Japan) History 20th century
B Japan
B Religion and state
B HISTORY - Modern - 20th Century
B Religion
B Japan Religion 20th century
B Mass Media (Japan) Religious aspects
B 1900-1999
B History
B Mass media in religion
B Religion et État - Japon - Histoire - 20e siècle
B Médias - Japon - Aspect religieux
B BODY, MIND & SPIRIT - Gaia & Earth Energies
B New religiosity
B Mass media
B Japon - Religion - 20e siècle
B Religion and state (Japan) History 20th century
B Médias dans la religion - Japon - Histoire - 20e siècle
B RELIGION - Christianity - General
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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