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Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan: The Case of Aum Shinrikyo (Nias) (NIAS Monographs)
Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan The Case of Aum Shinrikyo - Nias - NIAS Monographs
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: 9780700711093
ISBN-10: 0700711090
Publication Date: 4/20/2000
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Curzon Pr
Book Type: Paperback
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