Konkokyo
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, or Konkō, is a Shinto sect with origins in Shinbutsu-shūgō beliefs. It is part of the . It was founded by (also known as ) in 1859. Konkōkyō primarily worships a kami named Tenchi Kane No Kami , as well as other kami, namely the Mitama no Kami (divine spirits of those who died). To which every Konko worship hall has two altars for this purpose. To define Konkōkyō with any particular theism is difficult. As it is a Shinto sect, its general belief system and worldview aligns with Shinto as a whole. It can be defined with various ideas depending on how one personally interprets the nature of Te
Key facts
- Religion.name
- Konkokyo
- Religion.native_name
- 金光教
- Religion.native_name_lang
- ja
- Religion.image
- Konkokyo.png
- Religion.caption
- Mon of Konkōkyō
- Religion.main_classification
- Shinto sect
- Religion.scripture
- Konkōkyō Kyōten (金光教教典, "Teachings of Konkōkyō")
- Religion.headquarters
- Asakuchi, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
- Religion.founded_date
- 1859
- Religion.founded_place
- Okayama Prefecture, Japan
- Religion.members
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- Religion.number_of_followers
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.konkokyo.or.jp/eng/bri/index.html
- Image
- Konkokyo Headquarters Central Worship Hall.jpg
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- Commons category
- Konkokyo
- inception
- 1859-11-15
- native label
- 金光教
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10 sectionsContents
- Theology
- Founder
- Beliefs
- Membership
- Relationship to Shintō
- Comparisons with Christianity
- Publications
- See also
- References
- External links
, or Konkō, is a Shinto sect with origins in Shinbutsu-shūgō beliefs. It is part of the . It was founded by (also known as ) in 1859. Konkōkyō primarily worships a kami named Tenchi Kane No Kami , as well as other kami, namely the Mitama no Kami (divine spirits of those who died). To which every Konko worship hall has two altars for this purpose. To define Konkōkyō with any particular theism is difficult. As it is a Shinto sect, its general belief system and worldview aligns with Shinto as a whole. It can be defined with various ideas depending on how one personally interprets the nature of Tenchi Kane no Kami, whether it is monotheist, polytheist, henotheist, pantheist, and so forth. Regardless of one's personal interpretation, Konkōkyō does not deny or exclude other deities or other religions.
==Theology== Konkōkyō believers worship the spirit and energy that flows through all things (musubi, one of the core beliefs of Shinto) as Tenchi Kane No Kami , or the Golden Kami of the Heavens and Earth (in Japanese, "Heavens and Earth" also means the Universe).