Ian Reader

Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan (eBook, ePUB)

The Case of Aum Shinrikyo

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The text looks at how Aum, a religious movement based on yoga, meditation, asceticism and enlightenment became involved in violent activities and explores the religion's spiritual roots, placing it in the context of modern Japanese religious patterns.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136819483
• Artikelnr.: 39704706

Autorenporträt

Ian Reader

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction ??; 1: A Death in the Culture of Coercive Asceticism - Killing
for Salvation, Religious Violence and Aum Shinriky? ?; 2: Compassionate
Cruelty and the Cosmic Struggle - The Life and Nature of Asahara Sh?k? ??;
3: Creation, Preservation and Destruction - The Development and Nature of
the Religion of Supreme Truth ?; 4: The World of the True Victors - The
Motivations, Experiences and Practices of Asahara's Followers ?; 5: Losing
the Struggle - From World Salvation to World Destruction, 1988-1990 ??; 6:
Perpetual Conflict, Foreign Excursions and Cosmic Wars - Conspiracies,
Retribution and the Right to Kill ??; 7: The Violence of the Lambs -
Murder; Chaos, Vengeance, Power and Immortality ?; 8: Concluding Comments -
Aum Shinriky? and Religious Violence ?