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"""Reader breaks new ground in this study on the role of the state and commercial enterprises in promoting tourism, and how their policies impact shrines and temples in areas undergoing depopulation. A strong case is made that the 'touristification' ofreligious sites as 'cultural heritage' tends to 'dereligionize' them, circumvents conflictsover religion-state separation, and contributes to the ongoing process of secularization."" --Mark R. Mullins, Professor of Japanese Studies, University of Auckland, New Zealand ""Being based on a lifetime of research, this book brings home illuminating insights, for example on the role of the state and religious estrangement as key factors in the interplay of religion and tourism in Japan. This well-written book is of relevance far beyond scholars of Japanese religions."" --Michael Stausberg, Professor of Religion, University of Bergen, Norway"

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Ian Reader is Professor Emeritus at the University of Manchester, UK. His prime areas of research are on religious dynamics in the contemporary world, with a special focus on Japan, on pilgrimage and on the links between religion and violence. He is the author of numerous books, articles and chapters about such issues, including Pilgrims Until We Die: Unending Pilgrimage in Shikoku, co-authored with John Shultz, (2021) and Dynamism and the Ageing of a Japanese ""New"" Religion, co-authored with Erica Baffelli (Bloomsbury, 2019).

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