Ian Reader, Clark ChilsonOn Being Nonreligious in Contemporary Japan
Decline, Antipathy, and Aversion to Institutions
Ian Reader is Professor Emeritus at the University of Manchester, UK. He has written and taught widely on religion, especially in Japan. His books include Religion and Tourism in Japan (Bloomsbury, 2023) and Dynamism and the Ageing of a Japanese 'New' Religion (Bloomsbury, 2019) Clark Chilson is Associate Professor in Religious Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, USA and is author of Secrecy's Power: Covert Shin Buddhists in Japan and Contradictions of Concealment (2014). He has written numerous articles on religion and on non-religious spiritual care in Japan.
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Note on Conventions
Introduction
1. Religion in Trouble: Decline and Dissociation
2. Shaping an Ecology of Dislike: Media and Amplifiers of Antipathy
3. Other Shapers of Negativity: Pressure Groups, Anti-Cult Movements,
Political Agencies and Academic Advocates
4. Religion as Deviant, Dangerous, and Disturbing
5. Money, Privileges, and Exploitation
Conclusion
References
Index
