Japanese Religious Responses to COVID-19: A preliminary report

Authors

Levi McLaughlin, North Carolina State University
The Asia-Pacific Journal

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1-2020

Capture Date

6-17-2020

URL

https://apjjf.org/2020/9/McLaughlin.html

Abstract

This article details the response of Shinto, Buddhism, and New Religious Movements, such as the Happy Science Religion, and their response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. The article discusses issues such as ritual, media, historical contexts, stigmas around New Religious Movements, and the government response to COVID-19. The article features many lay followers and clergy, including an interview with Reverend Asahikawa, priest of a Shingon temple in Wakayama prefecture.

WMU ScholarWorks Citation

McLaughlin, Levi and The Asia-Pacific Journal, "Japanese Religious Responses to COVID-19: A preliminary report" (2020). Pandemic Response and Religion in the USA: Health. 30.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/religion-pandemic-health/30