Zenrinkyo

Zenrinkyō (善隣教) is a Shinto-based Shinshūkyō (Japanese new religion) founded in 1947. It was founded by Rikihisa Tatsusai as Tenchi Kōdō Zenrinkai, and is headquartered in Fukuoka Prefecture. Zenrinkyō was registered as a legal religious corporation under the Shūkyō Hōjinrei ordinance in 1948. In 2005 the group had a claimed nominal membership of 450,000 under leader Rikihisa Ryūseki.^[1]

References

↑ Hirofumi, Tsushiro (2006-05-25). "Zenrinkyō". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Retrieved 2006-08-02.

External links

Anderson, Richard W. (1992). "To Open the Hearts of People:Experience Narratives and Zenrinkai Training Sessions" (PDF). Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. Retrieved 2010-03-04.

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