Japanese Religions in and beyond the Japanese Diaspora

Doctor Ronan Alves Pereira is professor of Japanese studies at Universidade de Brasília, Brazil.

Hideaki Matsuoka is professor of international communication at Shukutoku University.

Foreword – vii
Andrew Barshay

Introduction – 1

Part I: Japanese Religions in the World – 15

1. The Expansion of Japan's New Religions Overseas – 17
    Susumu Shimazono

2. The Settlement of Zen in Australia – 30
    Gary D. Bouma

3. Sūkyō Mahikari in Australia and Southeast Asia: A Globalized New Religious Movement outside the Japanese Diaspora – 45
    Wendy A. Smith

4. The Farce of the "Great Russian Salvation Tour": The Legacy of Aum Shinrikyō in Mother Russia – 79
    Daniel A. Metraux

5. When Uchi Goes Soto: The Travels of the Gods in the Shinto Diaspora – 102
    Nelson Graburn

Part II: Japanese Religions in Brazil – 121

6. Japanese Religions in Brazil: Their Development in and out of the Diaspora Society – 123
    Hideaki Matsuoka and Ronan A. Pereira

7. The Brazilian Imaginaire of Zen: Global Influences, Rhizomatic Forms – 146
    Christina M. Rocha

8. The Nationalization of Foreign Gods: Seichō-no-ie among Brazilians – 170
    Leila M.B. de Albuquerque

9. Elevation of the Spirit: On the Continuity and Discontinuity between the Church of World Messianity and Brazilian Religions – 183
    Hideaki Matsuoka

10. "A Paradise of Happiness Will Unfold in You in Brazil": Sōka Gakkai Success in and beyond the Japanese Expatriate Community – 201
    Ronan A. Pereira

Afterword – 231
Robert N. Bellah

Glossary – 234
Index of Names and Terms – 246
Contributors – 249