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Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan: The Case of Aum Shinrikyo

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 | #1134877 in Books |  University of Hawaii Press |  2000-05 |  2000-05-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.50 x.73 x5.51l,.90 | File type: PDF | 310 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| vivid, thorough, chilling|By S. Tanaka|This is such a well written book. I'd read Murakami's "Underground," which was a series of interviews with victims and perpetrators of the Aum attacks. But that book, while doing its job in humanizing those involved, does very little to explain how events like this come about. I've always resisted the idea of "those crazy brainwashed __|About the Author|Ian Reader is professor of religious studies at Lancaster University. He is the author of numerous books and articles on aspects of Japanese social and religious life.

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 movem...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan: The Case of Aum Shinrikyo   |  Ian Reader. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.

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