The Japanese New Religions and the Aftermath of the 2011 Disaster

Record summary

A substantial post-2011 research field examines how Japanese new religions, Buddhist groups, Shinto institutions, and volunteer networks responded to the earthquake and tsunami. Relevant materials include memorial services, healing practices, dreams, spirit narratives, and contested interpretations of suffering. The lead is valuable because it places visionary or mediumistic reports alongside ordinary pastoral care and institutional disaster relief. Exact works should be identified through bibliographic searching rather than assumed from broad topic labels, since edited volumes and articles use different translations of “religion,” “mourning,” and “recovery.”