Contributors in anthropology, religious studies, and sociology look at Japanese "new religions" and how they spread overseas to better understand religious transplantation in an increasingly globalized world.
Doctor Ronan Alves Pereira is professor of Japanese studies at Universidade de Brasia, Brazil.
Hideaki Matsuoka is professor of international communication at Shukutoku University.
"This book is a rich anthology of articles representing a reference for scholars and students who are interested in the diffusion of Japanese religions in the West.The unique contribution of this volume is its focus on the international expansion of Japanese religions in and beyond Japanese ethnic communities while emphasizing the role of Brazil in this process."Regina Yoshie Matsue, National University of Singapre, Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
264 pp.6 x 9
9781557290878$25.00|£21.00Paper
Jan 2007