Japanese New Religions in Global Perspective - 9781138879119

Taylor & Francis

Since the 1960s the world has seen the arrival and establishment of new Japanese religious movements, this text examines the nature and extent this religious expansion outside Japan. > Since the 1960s virtually every part of the world has seen the arrival and establishment of Japanese new religious movements, a process that has followed quickly on the heels of the most active period of Japanese economic expansion overseas. This book examines the nature and extent of this religious expansion outside Japan. > Japanese New Religions Abroad, Peter B. Clarke; Chapter 1 New Japanese Religions in the West, Catherine Cornille; Chapter 2 Spiritual Companies, Corporate Religions, Louella Matsunaga; Chapter 3 Japanese Religion in Australia, Gary D. Bouma, Wendy Smith, Shiva Vasi; Chapter 4 The New Japanese Religions in Brazil, Ari Pedro Oro; Chapter 5 Modern Japanese Millenarian Movements, Peter B. Clarke; Chapter 6 Adapt or Perish, Sanda Ionescu; Chapter 7 Spirit First, Mind Follows, Bods