Ian Reader, Clark Chilson

On Being Nonreligious in Contemporary Japan

Decline, Antipathy, and Aversion to Institutions

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book shows how negativity and antipathy for religion relate to religious decline in Japan today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9781350541498
• ISBN-10: 1350541494
• Artikelnr.: 72186361

Autorenporträt

Ian Reader is Professor Emeritus at the University of Manchester, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Note on Conventions
Introduction
1. Religion in Trouble: Decline and Dissociation
2. Shaping an Ecology of Dislike: Media and Amplifiers of Antipathy
3. Other Shapers of Negativity: Pressure Groups, Anti-Cult Movements,
Political Agencies and Academic Advocates
4. Religion as Deviant, Dangerous, and Disturbing
5. Money, Privileges, and Exploitation
Conclusion
References
Index