Schism, orthodoxy and heresy in the history of Tenrikyō : three case studies

The Japanese ’new religion’ Tenrikyo, founded by Nakayama Miki (1798-1887) in the late Tokugawa era, is arguably the largest of the thirteen Kyoha Shinto (’Sect Shinto’) groups that trace their institutional origins to the Meiji period. Under the joint leadership of Iburi Izo (1833-1907) and Miki’s...

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Main Author: Forbes, Roy Tetsuo
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10125/10674