ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter Chapter Two|39 pages
Spiritual Companies, Corporate Religions
Japanese Companies and Japanese New Religious Movements at Home and Abroad
chapter Chapter Three|39 pages
Japanese Religion in Australia
Mahikari and Zen in a Multicultural Society
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chapter Chapter Four|16 pages
The New Japanese Religions in Brazil
Some Remarks on the Church of World Messianfty
1
chapter Chapter Five|53 pages
Modern Japanese Millenarian Movements
Their Changing Perception of Japan's Global Mission with Special Reference to the Church of World Messianity in Brazil
chapter Chapter Seven|42 pages
Spirit First, Mind Follows, Body Belongs
Notions of Health, Illness and Disease in Sukyo Mahikari UK