# Religious Organizations Law

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Japanese law passed in 1939 that gave authority over religious organizations

The **Religious Organizations Law** (宗教団体法, *Shūkyō Dantai Hō*) was a Japanese law passed by the [National Diet](/source/National_Diet) in 1939 and enacted in 1940.[1][2] The law gave the state authority control over religious organizations.[3] Following Japan's defeat in [World War II](/source/World_War_II), the Religious Organizations Law was repealed on December 28, 1945, and replaced by the "Religious Corporations Ordinance".[4]

## See also

- [Peace Preservation Law](/source/Peace_Preservation_Law)

- [Secular Shrine Theory](/source/Secular_Shrine_Theory)

- [Institute of Divinities](/source/Institute_of_Divinities)

- [Bureau of Religions](/source/Bureau_of_Religions)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Ives, Christopher (2009). [*Imperial-Way Zen: Ichikawa Hakugen's Critique and Lingering Questions for Buddhist Ethics*](https://archive.org/details/imperialwayzenic00ives). Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. [39](https://archive.org/details/imperialwayzenic00ives/page/n49). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8248-3331-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8248-3331-2).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Religious Organizations Law | 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム"](https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=8863). Retrieved 2023-09-08.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Borup, Jørn (2008). [*Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism*](https://archive.org/details/japaneserinzaize00boru). Leiden: [Brill](/source/Brill_Publishers). p. [29](https://archive.org/details/japaneserinzaize00boru/page/n41). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-90-04-16557-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-04-16557-1).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Kitagawa, Joseph Mitsuo (1966). [*Religion in Japanese History*](https://archive.org/details/religioninjapane0000kita). New York: Columbia University Press. p. [271](https://archive.org/details/religioninjapane0000kita/page/271). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-231-02834-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-231-02834-9).

Authority control databases: National Japan

v t e State Shinto Organizations Department of Divinities Ministry of Divinities Missionary Office Ministry of Religion Kyodo Shoku Taikyo Institute Bureau of Shinto Affairs Bureau of Shrines and Temples Home Ministry Institute of Japanese Classics Research National Association of Shinto Priests Bureau of Shrines Bureau of Religions Institute of Divinities Jingu-kyo Kokugakuin University Concepts Unity of religion and rule Haibutsu kishaku Secular Shrine Theory Yasukuni Shrine Shōkonsha Imperial cult Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines Events Taikyo Proclamation Shinbutsu bunri Shrine Consolidation Policy Religious Organizations Law Shrine Parishioner Registration Humanity Declaration Shinto Directive Successor organizations Association of Shinto Shrines Kokugakuin University Shinto Taikyo Yasukuni Shrine Gokoku Shrines Shrine Shinto Predecessors Kokugaku Fukko Shinto

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