Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies

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Capitolo | My First Steps in Religious Fieldwork: Exploring Aum Shinrikyō in 1995

My First Steps in Religious Fieldwork: Exploring Aum Shinrikyō in 1995

Abstract

This paper is an homage to professor Massimo Raveri and the vivid impact he had on my research more than thirty years ago. After a brief introduction about how I developed my interest in New-new religions in Japan, I present the English translation of my first publication on the subject “Asahara Shōkō and the Aum Shinrikyō: The Teaching of the Supreme Truth” published in 1995 soon after the Sarin attack.


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Pubblicato 18 Ottobre 2021 | Lingua: en

Keywords Shin-shin-shūkyōApocalypticismAsahara ShōkōNew-new religionsAum ShinrikyōArmageddon


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