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The Religion of Divine WisdomHenry van Straelen

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The Religion of Divine Wisdom

Japan's Most Powerful Religious Movement

by Henry van Straelen

An early Western study of Tenrikyo by a Catholic missionary scholar working in Japan. It describes the life of Nakayama Miki, the teachings and rituals of the movement and its remarkable growth in the first half of the twentieth century.

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