Volume 14 July 2018

Perspectives in Social Science

Volume 14 July 2018

Perspectives in Social Science

New Religions in Japan: Reasons behind the Newness

  • Shafiul Islam
  • Authors Email: shafiul.crt@du.ac.bd
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Perspectives in Social Science

Volume 14 July 2018
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ISSN : 2957-5001

  • Page No : 65-84

Abstract

A new approach of religion got its popularity in Japan since the 19th century and after World War II brought its stronghold too for the new principles in peoples' lives. Japanese are Japanese first and this is how they have been identifying in terms of history, tradition, religion and sociological phenomenon since the very beginning of their existence. "Religion is for better living" could be the possible ideology or motto of their very lives. Japanese soil is occupied with religions like Shinto, Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Islam and many new religions to promote that finer life. Religiosity, to them, does not differentiate or restrict people to any certain philosophy or a strict ideology but gives them freedom to choose to live on. New religions or new religious movements in Japan brought the very rooted Japanese culture into a new dimension. On which grounds, new religions are called new is the ultimate question.
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Keywords:

New, Religions, Time, Shinto, Buddhism, Japan.

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