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

Ōkawa Shūmei, Japanese nationalist and Pan-Asian ideologue[1]

References

  1. ↑ Pan-Asianism: A Documentary History, 1920–Present Sven Saaler, Christopher W. A. Szpilman - 2011- Page 88 "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 "
  • ^ Suzuki, Studies of Trends in Meiji Religious Thought.
  • ^ Matsumura, A Critique of Religions.


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