Dorman, Benjamin.

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.

9780824837198 (electronic bk.) 0824837193 (electronic bk.)


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


Japan--Religion--20th century.


Electronic books.

BV652.97.J3 / D67 2012eb

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