Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan
| Author/creator | Reader, Ian, 1949- Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press |
| Description | 310 p. 09.000 x 06.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
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| Summary | Annotation "This study looks at Aum's claims about itself and asks why a religious movement ostensibly focused on yoga, meditation, asceticism, and pursuit of enlightenment became involved in violent activities. Reader places the sect in the context of contemporary Japanese religious patterns, discussing developments in Asahara Shoko's personality and teachings, Aum's millennialism and its developing hostility toward society, and compares Aum with other religious and political movements that turned to violence, both in Japan and elsewhere. He concludes that Aum is not unique, nor is it solely a political or criminal terror group. It must rather be analyzed as an extreme example of a religious movement which, largely due to its own religious characteristics, came into friction with the surrounding society and developed into violence."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 00023317 |
| ISBN | 9780824823399 |
| ISBN | 0824823397 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780824823399 |
| Stock number | 00027181 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |