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The Church of World Messianity, highly influence by Shinto, was founded by Okada Mokichi (1882-1955) and introduced to Brazil in 1955. By the end of the century it claimed 300,000 members there, of which over 95% were not ethnically Japanese. Drawing on fieldwork from 1991 to 1995, Matsuoka (international communication, Shukutku U. Japan) explores why and how the new religion has been accepted by non-ethnic-Japanese Brazilians. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Based on intensive fieldwork, Matsuoka vividly depicts the followers of Church of World Messianity, a Japanese new religion in Brazil, which has successfully acquired a strong following among Brazilians, most whom are nonethnic Japanese. This book should be of interest to academics of religion, anthropology, transculturalism, or those focusing on Latin America as the book elucidates the reasons why these nonethnic Japanese Brazilians have accepted Messianity including analysis of fundamental features of the religion.
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