Religious Organizations Law

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] The law gave the state authority control over religious organizations.[2] Following Japan's defeat in World War II, the Religious Organizations Law was repealed on December 28, 1945, and replaced by the "Religious Corporations Ordinance".[3]

See also

References

  1. Ives, Christopher (2009). Imperial-Way Zen: Ichikawa Hakugen's Critique and Lingering Questions for Buddhist Ethics. University of Hawaii Press. p. 39.
  2. Borup, Jørn (2008). Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism. Brill Academic Pub. p. 29.
  3. Kitagawa, Joseph Mitsuo (1966). Religion in Japanese History. Columbia University Press. p. 271.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 2/4/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.