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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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Honolulu
University of Hawaiʻi Press
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Series/Journal: | Nanzan library of Asian religion and culture
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| Further subjects: | B
Mass media in religion (Japan)
History 20th century
B Japan Religion 20th century B Mass Media (Japan) Religious aspects B Religion and state (Japan) History 20th century |
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