New Religions

Contemporary Papers on Japanese Religion 2

INOUE Nobutaka, General Editor

FUJII Takeshi
IGETA Midori
INOUE Nobutaka
KÔMOTO Mitsugi
NISHIYAMA Shigeru
TAKEDA Dôshô
TSUSHIMA Michihito
WATANABE Masako

Translated by Norman Havens

Originally published in 1991 by the Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Kokugakuin University. (ISBN4-905853-00-1)

Table of Contents

Preface

by INOUE Nobutaka

Recent Trends in the Study of Japanese New Religions

by INOUE Nobutaka

The Fall of Renmonkyô, and Its Place in the History of Meiji-Period Religions

by TAKEDA Dôshô

Emperor and World Renewal in the New Religions: The Case of Shinsei Ryûjinkai

by TSUSHIMA Michihito

The Place of Ancestors in the New Religions: The Case of Reiyûkai-Derived Groups

by KÔMOTO Mitsugi

The Propagation and Spread of Tenshô Kôtai Jingûkyô within Japanese-American Society on Hawaii Island

by NISHIYAMA Shigeru and FUJII Takeshi

Healing in the New Religions: Charisma and 'Holy Water'

by WATANABE Masako and IGETA Midori

Translator's Postscript

by Norman Havens