Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan: The Case of Aum Shinrikyo by Ian Reader
Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan: The Case of Aum Shinrikyo

Ian Reader

Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan: The Case of Aum Shinrikyo

Ian Reader

310 pages first pub 2000 (view editions)

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This study looks at Aum's claims about itself and asks why a religious movement ostensibly focused on yoga, meditation, asceticism, and pursuit of enlightenment became involved in violent activities. Reader places the sect in the context of contem...

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