Wenn Religionsgemeinschaften zur politischen Reformation ansetzen: Der Fall der japanischen „Kōfuku no kagaku"

While the relationship between religion and politics has gained more and more attention among social scientists since the early 1980s, the case of Japan has been widely ignored. Given the circumstances (no religious conflicts, constitutional separation of state and religion) this is not surprising,...

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Main Author: Klein, Axel 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:German
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Published: Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing 2011
In: Asien
Year: 2011, Volume: 119, Pages: 9-25
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