The Strategic Use of Religion in a Secular State: The Impact of Religious Organizations on Japanese Politics
Description:
How do religions and nationalism interact in secular democracies? With its history of nationalism based on religious ideologies, and the subsequent forced separation of state and religion, Japan provides a valuable case to examine how religion and nationalism interact and affect the politics of a secular state. The purpose of this dissertation is to understand and synthesize the divide within the literature regarding the idea that Shinto is fundamentally nationalist in nature. Due to Shinto's h…
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Date:
August 2021
Creator:
Dewell Gentry, Hope Ashley
Partner:
UNT Libraries