Religious Freedom in Japan
Research Needs in History and Social Science
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6128914 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin Cooney (North-West State Technical University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 74-81 |
| Publication date | 2013-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Faith & International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1931-7743 • E-ISSN: 1557-0274 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15570274.2013.808035 |
| OpenAlex | W2050852177 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
Today Japan is in many ways more religiously free than most Western nations, although levels of religiosity are also comparatively quite low. Key areas for research freedom related research include: the historical causes of Japan's astonishingly rapid turnaround post-World War II from a nation that actively discriminated against minority religious groups to one that supports religious freedom; religious freedom conditions in Japan's prisons and detention facilities; challenges of cultural integration of immigrants bringing greater religious diversity to Japan; faith-based charity and disaster relief; and the small but still worrisome faction of nationalist Japanese who are seeking to reestablish state-sponsored Shintoism
Apostasy · Christianity · Constitution · Faith · Freedom of Religion · Human rights · Immigration · Islam · Nationalism · Persecution · Political science · Politics · Ratification · Religious persecution · Sociology · Theology · History · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious studies
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |