New Religions in Kōshien: Religious Identity and High School Baseball
This article examines the holy ground of Kōshien, Japan’s annual high school baseball tournament, and the national festival and cultic fever that accompanies it. Some of the most successful schools that participate in Kōshien were founded by new religious groups such as Tenrikyo, PL Kyodan, and Bent...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nanzan Institute
2021
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Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 48, Issue: 2, Pages: 341-364 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Japan
/ New religion
/ High school
/ Religious identity
/ Kōshien
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AH Religious education AZ New religious movements KBM Asia RB Church office; congregation |
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