The Relationship between the Church System and Religious Beliefs in the Organization of Konkokyo

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  • FUJII Mao
    東京工業大学 環境・社会理工学院 社会・人間科学系 博士課程

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  • 金光教の組織化における教会制度と教えの関係

Abstract

<p>In this paper, I analyze the relationship between the church system and religious beliefs in the organization of Konkokyo with reference to Kiyomi Morioka’s theory of religious organization. Consequently, the following conclusions were drawn. In the organization of Konkokyo, the faith’s relationship-based factional connection, which Morioka pointed out as the original organization of the religious movement in Japan, works. On the other hand, Konkokyo established a horizontally connected church system embodying the belief that “the minister and church are equal in the presence of the deity that Konkokyo believers worship,” which religious beliefs should be. Konkokyo’s religious beliefs may reflect the idea of an “equal life.” In Konkokyo, the relationship of faith, called tetsuzuki, was regarded as “pure belief” and was denied use in the church system, suggesting that religious beliefs have normative power over the church system and that there was an antagonism between the faith’s relationship-based factional connection and the religious belief of equality in modern Japan.</p>

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  • Religion and Society

    Religion and Society 27 (0), 1-15, 2021-06-05

    The Japanese Association for the Study of Religion and Society

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