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Tenrikyo was founded by Miki Nakayama in 1838, when she received divine revelation in present Nara Prefecture, Japan. The Main Sanctuary of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters is built surrounding the Jiba, which is considered to be the place of original human creation. Tenrikyo teaches that everything in the universe is body of God and that human beings were created for the purpose of living the Joyous Life. The foundress is believed to be ever living and continues to work for the salvation of humanity. Tenrikyo has expanded into such regions as Asia, Europe, Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.
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Tenrikyo was founded in 1838 in a farming village in Yamato Province (present Nara Prefecture) and expanded its religious activities even after Miki Nakayama, the foundress of the religion, had “withdrawn from physical life” in 1887. In 10 years, the number of its adherents reached three million, and the number of branch churches increased rapidly and reached approximately 1,000...
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Masanobu, Y. (2019). Tenrikyo. In: Gooren, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions. Religions of the World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27078-4_167
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