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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Main Author: Reader, Ian (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Californiarnia Press 2005
In: Nova religio
Year: 2005, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 84-96
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