Japanese new religions are new religious movements established in Japan. In Japanese, they are called shinshūkyō (新宗教) or shinkō shūkyō (新興宗教). Japanese...
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priests and leaders of the new religions in Japan, three times the number of traditional Shinto priests. Many of these new religions derive from Shinto, retain...
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counterculture movements. Japanese new religions became very popular after the Shinto Directive (1945) forced the Japanese government to separate itself...
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study of comparative religion, the East Asian religions or Taoic religions,[better source needed] form a subset of the Eastern religions. This group includes...
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other religions. They comprise 21st century immigrants from East Asia, the Middle East, or of recent immigrant descent. Afro-Brazilian religions are syncretic...
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Faith and Ananda Marga, are examples of new religious movements within Indian religions. Japanese new religions (shinshukyo) is a general category for...
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influence are Afro-American religion, which have their origins in Central and West Africa. Middle Eastern religions: Abrahamic religions are the largest group...
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(2000). Japanese New Religions: In Global Perspective. Surrey, UK: Curzon Press. ISBN 0-7007-1185-6. Dawson, Andrew (2007). New Era, New Religions: Religious...
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– is declining, while stating no religion and affiliation to other (minority) religions is increasing. Statistics New Zealand report that about 80% of...
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The history of religion in Japan has been characterized by the predominance of animistic religions practiced by its mainland, Ryukyuan, and Ainu inhabitants...
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