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Tables of Contents for Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgements
ix
Terms and Conventions
xiii
Abbreviations
xvi
Introduction
1
7
A Death in the Culture of Coercive Asceticism - Killing for Salvation, Religious Violence and Aum Shinrikyo
8
24
Compassionate Cruelty and the Cosmic Struggle - The Life and Nature of Asahara Shoko
32
29
Creation, Preservation and Destruction - The Development and Nature of the Religion of Supreme Truth
61
34
The World of the True Victors - The Motivations, Experiences and Practices of Asahara's Followers
95
31
Losing the Struggle - From World Salvation to World Destruction, 1988-1990
126
36
Perpetual Conflict, Foreign Excursions and Cosmic Wars - Conspiracies, Retribution and the Right to Kill
162
34
The Violence of the Lambs - Murder, Chaos, Vengeance, Power and Immortality
196
28
Concluding Comments - Aum Shinrikyo and Religious Violence
224
27
Notes
251
32
References
283
11
Index
294