Helen Hardacre, Ph.D. (1980) in History of Religions, University of
Chicago, is Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Society and
Religions, Harvard University. She has published extensively on
modern Japanese religious history, including new religions
movements and religion and the state.
Adam L. Kern is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of East Asian
Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University.
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