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پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
LA122766
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc
انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
A "Greek God" in a Japanese New Religion:
General Material Designation
[Article]
Other Title Information
On Hermes in Kōfuku-no-Kagaku
First Statement of Responsibility
Franz Winter
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Leiden
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The article deals with the presence of the "Greek god" Hermes in the Japanese new religious movement Kōfuku-no-Kagaku, which was founded in 1986. The various references are interpreted in light of the history and development of the movement and with regard to its setting in present-day Japanese religious culture. In addition to the importance of several aspects of the reception of the Euro-American New Age tradition and the prophecies of Nostradamus, the fact that the figure of Hermes is presented as the hero of several manga and anime productions of Kōfuku-no-Kagaku is also taken into consideration. This leads to the theoretical question of the importance of the new media of representation of religious content and the effect this approach has on the development of the various groups. The article deals with the presence of the "Greek god" Hermes in the Japanese new religious movement Kōfuku-no-Kagaku, which was founded in 1986. The various references are interpreted in light of the history and development of the movement and with regard to its setting in present-day Japanese religious culture. In addition to the importance of several aspects of the reception of the Euro-American New Age tradition and the prophecies of Nostradamus, the fact that the figure of Hermes is presented as the hero of several manga and anime productions of Kōfuku-no-Kagaku is also taken into consideration. This leads to the theoretical question of the importance of the new media of representation of religious content and the effect this approach has on the development of the various groups.
SET
Date of Publication
2013
Physical description
420-446
Title
Numen
Volume Number
60/4
International Standard Serial Number
1568-5276
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
esotericism
Subject Term
Hermes
Subject Term
Japan
Subject Term
Kōfuku-no-Kagaku
Subject Term
New Age
Subject Term
new religious movements
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Franz Winter
LOCATION AND CALL NUMBER
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10.1163/15685276-12341275
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Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب p
[Article]
275578
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