Celebrity gods : new religions, media, and authority in occupied Japan /
Benjamin Dorman.
- 1 online resource (306 pages).
- Nanzan library of Asian religion and culture .
- Nanzan library of Asian religion and culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-287) and index.
Renmonkyō and the Meiji press -- Deguchi Onisaburō as a prewar model -- The birth of two celebrity gods -- Before Jikōson -- Building a "kingdom of god" -- Bureaucracy, religion, and the press under occupation -- Jikōson and Jiu -- Kitamura Sayo -- New religions and critics in the immediate postwar press.
Mass media in religion--History--Japan--20th century. Religion and state--History--Japan--20th century. Mass media--Religious aspects.--Japan BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Gaia & Earth Energies RELIGION / Christianity / General