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At the time Aum Shinrikyő emerged, most Japanese assumed that they lived in one of the most well-ordered and safest societies, a model that had much to offer the chaotic Western world. This assumption was shaken on 20 March 1995 when the deadly nerve gas sarin was released on the Tokyo subway system. Since that incident, the 'Aum affair' has had widespread repercussions and shaken the Japanese psyche in a serious way. This volume provides a window onto contemporary Japanese society by considering the various reactions and responses to this crisis precipitated by this deviant religious movement.

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• Full title: Religion and Social Crisis in Japan
• Subtitle: Understanding Japanese Society Through the Aum Affair
• Author: Mark R. Mullins, Robert Kisala
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 227
• EAN: 9781349655335
• ISBN: 1349655333
• ID: 12047644
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Weight: 454 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 14 mm
• Date of publishing: 14. May 2001

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