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Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan: The Case of Aum Shinrikyo (Nias) (Curzon Critical Studies in Buddhism)
Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan The Case of Aum Shinrikyo - Nias - Curzon Critical Studies in Buddhism
Author: Ian Reader
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 t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780700711086
ISBN-10: 0700711082
Publication Date: 4/27/2000
Pages: 200
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Publisher: Routledge/Curzon
Book Type: Hardcover
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