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Part 30: State Shinto After the War
This is part 30 of my series on Shinto as a civil religion, you can find the rest of the series here. After Japan’s defeat in World War II, the Allied forces occupied the country. One of their first actions was to have the Japanese emperor renounce his divine status in a speech to the…
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Part 29: Summary of Kokutai no Hongi and Its Significance
This is part 29 of my series on Shinto as a civil religion, you can find the rest of the series here. Kokutai no Hongi was an influential text widely read and known throughout Japan. It was used in education and emphasized that individualism had no place in the Japanese social ethos. Instead, the Japanese…
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Part 28: Kokutai no Hongi – Harmony
This is part 28 of my series on Shinto as a civil religion, you can find the rest of the series here. Kokutai no Hongi emphasizes the historical presence of harmony in Japanese society, portraying it as the foundation of the nation’s development and achievements. According to the text, this harmony is absent in countries…
