Birgit Staemmler / Ulrich Dehn  (Hg.)

Establishing the Revolutionary.
An Introduction to New Religions in Japan

BUNKA-WENHUA
Tübinger Ostasiatische Forschungen, Band/Volume 20, LIT-Verlag
ISBN 978-3-643-90152-1

Der Klappentext

New Religions in Japan claim millions of members and simultaneously provoke criticism and fulfil social functions. This publication may serve as a handbook about these new religions on the basis of recent research, written by an international range of scholarly experts. The introductory chapters offer general analyses of historical, doctrinal, social, and economic aspects and hence facilitate the understanding of new religions within their overall contexts. Ten religions of major importance are introduced in detail as to their founder, circumstances of foundation, history, doctrine, present situation and activities. These are Ômoto, Seichô no Ie, Sekai Kyûseikyô, Shinnyo-en, Sôka Gakkai, Risshô Kôsei-kai, Mahikari, Kôfuku no Kagaku, Aum Shinrikyô/ Aleph/ Hikari no Wa and Chino Shôhô/ Pana-Wave Laboratory. Other important religious organisations are covered in encyclopedical references.

Inhaltsverzeichnis:

Preface (Birgit Staemmler and Ulrich Dehn) vii

Introduction (Birgit Staemmler and Ulrich Dehn) 1

Part I – General Facts and Structures

1. New Religions – The History (Birgit Staemmler) 13

2. New Religions – The Concept of Salvation (Shimazono Susumu) 41

3. New Religions – A Sociological Approach (Watanabe Masako) 69

4. New Religions – Economic Aspects (Sakurai Yoshihide) 89

Part II – Case Studies

1. ?moto (Birgit Staemmler) 121

2. Seich? no Ie (Birgit Staemmler) 141

3. Sekai Ky?seiky? (Birgit Staemmler) 161

4. Shinnyo-en (Monika Schrimpf) 181

5. S?ka Gakkai (Ulrich Dehn) 201

6. Rissh? K?sei-kai (Ulrich Dehn) 221

7. Sekai Mahikari Bunmei Ky?dan and S?ky? Mahikari (Louella Matsunaga) 239

8. K?fuku no Kagaku (Erica Baffelli) 259

9. Aum Shinriky? – Aleph – Hikari no Wa

(Erica Baffelli and Birgit Staemmler) 277

10. Chino Sh?h? and the Pana-Wave Laboratory (Salvador Jimenez-Murguia) 295

Part III – Supplements

1. Profiles 317

2. Bibliography 343

About the authors 383

Index 385