Kurozumikyo and the New Religions of Japan / / Helen Hardacre.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Hardacre, Helen,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]; ©1986
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)

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Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, FIGURES, AND MAPS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER ONE. The World View of the New Religions -- The New Religions of Japan -- The World View of the New Religions -- The Self -- Patterns of Action -- The Limits of the World View -- CHAPTER TWO. The Founding of Kurozumikyo -- Introduction -- The Historical Context -- The Formation of Kurozumikyo: Overview -- The Founder's Early Career -- Early Followers -- The Middle Phase -- The High Disciples -- The Late Phase -- CHAPTER THREE. Preaching and Healing -- Introduction -- Preaching -- Healing -- Majinai -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER FOUR. Branch Churches in Kurozumikyo -- Introduction -- Organization -- Kurozumikyo and Shrine Shint5 -- Rural and Urban Churches -- Women's Roles -- Varieties of Laymen's Meetings -- Problems and Summary -- CHAPTER FIVE. Ministers and Followers -- Introduction -- The Branch Church at Ōi -- Social Change and the Ōi Church -- The Ōi Church and Rural Society -- Rites and the Public Symbolism of Self-Cultivation -- Blessings in This Life -- CHAPTER SIX. Space, Time, and the Human Life -- Introduction -- Sacred Space -- Sacred Time -- The Life Cycle -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Unity of the New Religions -- APPENDIX A. The Great Purification Prayer -- APPENDIX B. Glossary -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX