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Religious Organizations Law

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control over religious organizations.[2] Following Japan's defeat in World War II, the Religious Organizations Law was repealed on December 28, 1945, and replaced by the "Religious Corporations Ordinance".[3]

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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.