Religious Education in Contemporary Japan

  • Dorothea Filus
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Part of the International Handbooks of Religion and Education book series (IHRE, volume 1)

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Filial Piety Religious Education Liberal Democratic Party Civic Education Religious Knowledge 
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  • Dorothea Filus
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  1. 1.Monash UniversityAustralia

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