Secular Shrine Theory (Jinja hishūkyōron, 神社非宗教論) was a legal and political theory arising in Japan during the 19th and early 20th centuries that treated Shrine Shinto as nonreligious. It argued that shrine and shrine rites belonged to the public sphere as expressions of national custom, civic morality, and imperial tradition rather than private religious belief.
Secular Shrine Theory (Jinja hishūkyōron, 神社非宗教論) was a legal and political theory arising in Japan during the 19th and early 20th centuries that treated Shrine Shinto as nonreligious. It argued that shrine and shrine rites belonged to the public sphere as expressions of national custom, civic morality, and imperial tradition rather than private religious belief.
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