Religious Organizations Law

Japanese law passed in 1939 that gave authority over religious organizations

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][2] The law gave the state authority control over religious organizations.[3] Following Japan's defeat in World War II, the Religious Organizations Law was repealed on December 28, 1945, and replaced by the "Religious Corporations Ordinance".[4]

## See also

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* Peace Preservation Law
* Secular Shrine Theory
* Institute of Divinities
* Bureau of Religions

## References

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1. ^ Ives, Christopher (2009). Imperial-Way Zen: Ichikawa Hakugen's Critique and Lingering Questions for Buddhist Ethics. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-8248-3331-2.
2. ^ "Religious Organizations Law | 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム".
3. ^ Borup, Jørn (2008). Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism. Leiden: Brill. p. 29. ISBN 978-90-04-16557-1.
4. ^ Kitagawa, Joseph Mitsuo (1966). Religion in Japanese History. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 271. ISBN 978-0-231-02834-9.

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State Shinto

Organizations|

* Department of Divinities
* Ministry of Divinities
* Missionary Office
* Ministry of Religion
* Kyodo Shoku
* Taikyo Institute
* Bureau of Shinto Affairs
* Bureau of Shrines and Temples
* Home Ministry
* Institute of Japanese Classics Research
* National Association of Shinto Priests
* Bureau of Shrines
* Bureau of Religions
* Institute of Divinities
* Jingu-kyo
* Kokugakuin University

Concepts|

* Unity of religion and rule
* Haibutsu kishaku
* Secular Shrine Theory
* Yasukuni Shrine
* Shōkonsha
* Imperial cult
* Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines

Events|

* Taikyo Proclamation
* Shinbutsu bunri
* Shrine Consolidation Policy
* Religious Organizations Law
* Shrine Parishioner Registration
* Humanity Declaration
* Shinto Directive

Successor organizations|

* Association of Shinto Shrines
* Kokugakuin University
* Shinto Taikyo
* Yasukuni Shrine
* Gokoku Shrines
* Shrine Shinto

Predecessors|

* Kokugaku
* Fukko Shinto

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