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Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan: The Case of Aum Shinrikyo
by Ian Reader

Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan: The Case of Aum Shinrikyo
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Author: Ian Reader
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-05
ISBN: 0824823400
Number of pages: 310
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

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Book Review: An Extraordinary book
Summary: 5 Stars

It seems that most books about the Aum Shinrikyou concentrate on the gas attacks of March 20, 1995. Of course this is extraodinarily important, but it is only a small piece of the puzzle because Aum Shinrikyou and its founder Asahara Shoko are much more complex. Reader gives the reader a very detailed look into the early days of Aum and its 's founding by Asahara, and he gives detailed entires of Asahara's sermons giving a step by steo analysis of how Aum went from a yoga group to one bent on the destruction of the world. A wonderful book that peels back many of the mysteries of Aum.

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