2024-03-29T15:19:40Zhttps://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace-oai/requestoai:eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp:2115/479962022-11-17T02:08:08Zhdl_2115_20032hdl_2115_122Geopolitical mission strategy : the case of the Unification Church in Japan and Korea1000050196135Sakurai, Yoshihide櫻井, 義秀open accesshttps://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/169Japan presents a useful case for studying new religious movements and their development of public relations and growth strategies , not only because there are large numbers of new religious movements in Japan, but also for the presence of controversial movementssuch as Aum and the Unification Church. The strategies employed in recruitment and fundraising have become increasingly important for such movements in Japan—as well as for research on these movements—in the wake of the ―Aum Affair.‖ This paper will focus on the strategy employed by the Unification Church which is broadly perceived as a social problem.Nanzan institute for Religion and Culture2010engjournal articleAMhttp://hdl.handle.net/2115/479960304-1042AA00239601Japanese journal of religious studies372317334https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/47996/1/Geopolitical%20Mission%20Strategy-1.pdfapplication/pdf329.79 KB2010