{{Short description|Japanese law passed in 1939 that gave authority over religious organizations}} The {{Nihongo|'''Religious Organizations Law'''|宗教団体法|Shūkyō Dantai Hō}} was a Japanese law passed by the [[National Diet]] in 1939 and enacted in 1940.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ives|first=Christopher|url=https://archive.org/details/imperialwayzenic00ives|title=Imperial-Way Zen: Ichikawa Hakugen's Critique and Lingering Questions for Buddhist Ethics|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|year=2009|isbn=978-0-8248-3331-2|location=Honolulu|page=[https://archive.org/details/imperialwayzenic00ives/page/n49 39]|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=8863 | title=Religious Organizations Law | 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム | access-date=2023-09-08 | archive-date=2023-03-16 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20230316011119/https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=8863 | url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> The law gave the state authority control over religious organizations.<ref>{{cite book|last=Borup|first=Jørn|url=https://archive.org/details/japaneserinzaize00boru|title=Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism|publisher=[[Brill Publishers|Brill]]|year=2008|isbn=978-90-04-16557-1|location=Leiden|page=[https://archive.org/details/japaneserinzaize00boru/page/n41 29]|url-access=limited}}</ref> Following Japan's defeat in [[World War II]], the Religious Organizations Law was repealed on December 28, 1945, and replaced by the "Religious Corporations Ordinance".<ref>{{cite book|last=Kitagawa|first=Joseph Mitsuo|url=https://archive.org/details/religioninjapane0000kita|title=Religion in Japanese History|publisher=Columbia University Press|year=1966|isbn=978-0-231-02834-9|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/religioninjapane0000kita/page/271 271]|url-access=registration}}</ref>
==See also== *[[Peace Preservation Law]] *[[Secular Shrine Theory]] *[[Institute of Divinities]] *[[Bureau of Religions]]
==References== {{reflist}} {{Authority control}}{{State Shinto}} [[Category:Legal history of Japan]] [[Category:1939 in Japan]] [[Category:1939 in law]] [[Category:1939 in religion]]