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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > global studies > global governance and world order > global religion > key people in global religion > Susumu Shimazono
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Susumu Shimazono  

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  • A Japanese sociologist of religion and one of the world's leading experts on religion in modern Japan, Shimazono Susumu has been influential in shaping the discipline of religious studies in Japan and in broadening its horizons internationally. His theoretical contributions have been important globally in advancing studies of the relationship between magic and morality and in widening understanding of the dynamics of religion in advanced modern societies such as Japan. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Shimazono, Susumu (b. 1948)]

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