Perspective Chronologies, Commonalities and Alternative Status in Japanese New Religious Movements Defining NRMs outside the Western Cul-de-sac
Through the example of the Japanese new religious movements (NRMs), this essay argues that studies of NRMs must move beyond their current Western-oriented framework if they are to have any validity in a global context. It argues that neither the perspective of Eileen Barker, in focusing on chronolog...
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University of Californiarnia Press
2005
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Nova religio
Year: 2005, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 84-96 |
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