Religious Organizations Law

The Religious Organizations Law (宗教団体法, Shūkyō Dantai Hō) was a Japanese law passed by the National Diet in 1939 and enacted in 1940.^[1] The law gave the state authority control over religious organizations.^[2] Following Japan's defeat in World War II, the Religious Organizations Law was repealed on December 28, 1945, and replaced by the "Religious Corporations Ordinance".^[3]

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^ Ives, Christopher (2009). Imperial-Way Zen: Ichikawa Hakugen's Critique and Lingering Questions for Buddhist Ethics. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-8248-3331-2.
^ Borup, Jørn (2008). Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism. Leiden: Brill. p. 29. ISBN 978-90-04-16557-1.
^ Kitagawa, Joseph Mitsuo (1966). Religion in Japanese History. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 271. ISBN 978-0-231-02834-9.

[1] Ives, Christopher (2009). Imperial-Way Zen: Ichikawa Hakugen's Critique and Lingering Questions for Buddhist Ethics. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-8248-3331-2.

[2] Borup, Jørn (2008). Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism. Leiden: Brill. p. 29. ISBN 978-90-04-16557-1.

[3] Kitagawa, Joseph Mitsuo (1966). Religion in Japanese History. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 271. ISBN 978-0-231-02834-9.

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