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Trent E. Maxey documents how religion came to be seen as the "greatest problem" by the architects of the modern Japanese state. Maxey shows that in Meiji Japan, religion designated a cognitive and social pluralism that resisted direct state control. It also provided the state with a means to contain, regulate, and neutralize that plurality.

The Greatest Problem Religion and State Formation in Meiji Japan

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    Publisher: Harvard University Press
    Publication Date: 7/1/2014 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780674491991, 978-0674491991
    ISBN10: 0674491998

    Number of Pages: 340

    Non Fiction , Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment , Education

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    Trent E. Maxey documents how religion came to be seen as the "greatest problem" by the architects of the modern Japanese state. Maxey shows that in Meiji Japan, religion designated a cognitive and social pluralism that resisted direct state control. It also provided the state with a means to contain, regulate, and neutralize that plurality.

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