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The "Greatest Problem"Trent E. Maxey

Shinto and Japanese Religion

The "Greatest Problem"

Religion and State Formation in Meiji Japan

by Trent E. Maxey

A study of how Meiji statesmen handled religion as a problem of governance, from the Great Promulgation Campaign to the constitutional settlement. Maxey shows how the category of religion was shaped by the needs of the new state.

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