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Dynamism and the Ageing of a Japanese 'New' Religion - Transformations and the Founder (Hardcover)
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Dynamism and the Ageing of a Japanese 'New' Religion - Transformations and the Founder (Hardcover)
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"This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open
programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. This
book examines the trajectory and development of the Japanese
religious movement Agonshu and its charismatic founder Kiriyama
Seiyu. Based on field research spanning 30 years, it examines
Agonshu from when it first captured attention in the 1980s with its
spectacular rituals and use of media technologies, through its
period of stagnation to its response to the death of its founder in
2016. The authors discuss the significance of charismatic
leadership, the 'democratisation' of practice and the demands made
by movements such as Agonshu on members, while examining how the
movement became increasingly focused on revisionist nationalism and
issues of Japanese identity. In examining the dilemma that
religions commonly face on the deaths of charismatic founders,
Erica Baffelli and Ian Reader look at Agonshu's response to
Kiriyama's death, looking at how and why it has transformed a human
founder into a figure of worship. By examining Agonshu in the wider
context, the authors critically examine the concept of 'new
religions'. They draw attention to the importance of understanding
the trajectories of 'new' religions and how they can become 'old'
even within their first generation.
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