Dinler Tarihi

Abstract

This study is about the analysis of the work titled "Definition of Japanese New Religious Movements, Religious Phenomenological History, Reasons for Their Emergence and Characteristic Features".This work, written by Dr. Lecturer Member Yetkin Karaoğlu, was made available to us by Eskiyeni Publications in December 2023. It is the first edition of the work published in Ankara and consisting of 147 pages. New Religious Movements (NRM) have become one of the frequently talked and written topics in our country, especially in the last quarter century. Academic studies on this subject are increasing day by day. Our work draws attention to the fact that although there are studies on NRMs in general, there are not enough studies on Japanese New Religious Movements in particular. The reason for writing this study is to fill in the gap in this field.. In the writing of Japanese concepts, the method of drawing a straight line on the vowels in the Romaji script is taken as basis. The work consists of a part of Yetkin Karaoğlu's doctoral thesis titled "Japanese New Religious Movement Omoto", which he completed in 2022. NRMs that emerged in Japan have been divided into periods and discussed from many different perspectives. The author's knowledge of English and Japanese made it easier for him to access primary sources, resulting in an original work. This is one of the strengths of the work. It is aimed to pave the way for new academic studies in the field. Although the work is an academic study, it is written in a very fluent and understandable language. It's not just the history of religions; It is an interdisciplinary study that can be used in disciplines such as sociology of religion and psychology of religion. The work presents Japanese NRMs from a regional and holistic perspective.