Dōkai
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The Society of the Way (Japanese: 道会 (どうかい), Hepburn: Dōkai) is a Japanese new religion founded by Matsumura Kaiseki in 1907 which synthesizes aspects of Christian, Confucian, Daoist, and traditional Japanese thought. Its four main tenets are theism (Japanese: 信神), ethical cultivation (Japanese: 修徳), neighborly love (Japanese: 愛隣), and a belief in eternal life (Japanese: 永生).
Notable members
[edit]Ōkawa Shūmei, Japanese nationalist and Pan-Asian ideologue[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Saaler, Sven; Szpilman, Christopher W. A., eds. (2011-04-16). Pan-Asianism: A Documentary History. Vol. II: 1920–Present. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 88. ISBN 978-1442206021.
For example, Matsumura Kaiseki (1859–1939), who in 1912 founded a new religious sect, the Society of the Way (Dōkai), of which Ōkawa Shūmei was also a member, also favored a synthesis of the same religions, while not under the banner of Pan-Asianism (Dufourmont 2008).
- ^ Usuki, Akira (2012). "A Japanese Asianist's View of Islam: A Case Study of Ōkawa Shūmei". Annals of Japan Association for Middle East Studies. 28 (2). Japan Association for Middle East Studies: 59–84.
At the same time, he [Ōkawa Shūmei] participated in Dōkai (The Way Association), which was an indigenous Japanese Christian movement founded by Matsumura Kaiseki (1859-1939) in 1907.
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