Religious_Organizations_Law

Religious Organizations Law

Religious Organizations Law

Japanese law passed in 1939 that gave authority over religious organizations

The Religious Organizations Law (宗教団体法, Shūkyō Dantai Hō) was a Japanese law passed by the National Diet in 1939 and enacted in 1940.[1][2] The law gave the state authority control over religious organizations.[3] Following Japan's defeat in World War II, the Religious Organizations Law was repealed on December 28, 1945, and replaced by the "Religious Corporations Ordinance".[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    Ives, Christopher (2009). Imperial-Way Zen: Ichikawa Hakugen's Critique and Lingering Questions for Buddhist Ethics. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-8248-3331-2.
  2. [2]
    https://archive.today/20230316011119/https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=8863 [bare URL]
  3. [3]
    Borup, Jørn (2008). Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism. Leiden: Brill. p. 29. ISBN 978-90-04-16557-1.
  4. [4]
    Kitagawa, Joseph Mitsuo (1966). Religion in Japanese History. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 271. ISBN 978-0-231-02834-9.
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