Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Japanese scholars classify all religious organizations founded since the middle of the 19th century as "new religions"; thus, the term refers to a great diversity and number of organizations. Most came into being in the mid-to-late twentieth century and are influenced by much older traditional religions including Buddhism and Shinto .
The cult is known to have considered assassinations of several individuals critical of the cult, such as the heads of Buddhist sects Soka Gakkai and The Institute for Research in Human Happiness. After cartoonist Yoshinori Kobayashi began satirizing the cult, he was included on Aum's assassination list. An assassination attempt was made on ...
Japanese Buddhism: A Cultural History. Kosei Publishing Company. ISBN 978-4-333-01684-6. Tucker, Ruth A. (2004). Another Gospel: Cults, Alternative Religions, and the New Age Movement. Zondervan. ISBN 978-0-310-25937-4. Urban, Hugh B. (2015). New Age, Neopagan, and New Religious Movements: Alternative Spirituality in Contemporary America ...
They are also known as Shinkō shūkyō (新興宗教), lit. new emerging religion, in Japanese, and are most often called simply Japanese new religions in English. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
Shoko Asahara (麻原 彰晃, Asahara Shōkō, March 2, 1955 – July 6, 2018), born Chizuo Matsumoto (松本 智津夫, Matsumoto Chizuo), was the founder and leader of the Japanese doomsday cult known as Aum Shinrikyo.
The execution of Japanese doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara leaves unanswered questions about Aum Shinrikyo, the group behind the 1995 sarin-gas attack on the Tokyo subway that killed 13 people ...
Federation of New Religious Organizations of Japan, founded by and for new Japanese religious movements. Established in 1951 with a membership of twenty-four groups. Shindō Tenkōkyo Founded by Tomokiyo Yoshizane (1888–1952). Shinji Shūmeikai Founded by Koyama Mihoko (1910–). Shinmei Aishinkai Founded by Komatsu Shin'yō (1928– ).
The Japanese were grateful for Chiang Kai-shek's lenient treatment of Japan and the concept of world peace of repaying evil with kindness. In the 1970s and 1980s, they built Chiang Kai-shek Shrine (中正神社) in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, and later moved it to Koda Town, Nukada-gun, Aichi Prefecture.