Description
Since the disaster years of 1995 and 2011, LDP Diet members and prime ministers have increased their support for a political agenda that aims to revive patriotic education, renationalize Yasukuni Shrine, and revise the constitution. The contested nature of this agenda is evident in the critical responses of religious leaders and public intellectuals, and in their efforts to preserve the postwar gains in democratic institutions and prevent the erosion of individual rights. This timely treatment critically engages the contemporary debates surrounding secularization in light of postwar developments in Japanese religions and sheds new light on the role religion continues to play in the public sphere.
About the Author
Mark R. Mullins is professor of Japanese studies and director of the Japan Studies Centre at the University of Auckland.
Book Information
ISBN 9780824890155
Author Mark R. Mullins
Format Paperback
Page Count 270
Imprint University of Hawai'i Press
Publisher University of Hawai'i Press
Weight(grams) 447g