Tenrikyo
Tenrikyo proper noun: a monotheistic religion in Japan founded by Nakayama Miki in 1838.
Proper noun
Tenrikyo
- A monotheistic religion in Japan founded by Nakayama Miki in 1838.
- Tenrikyo holds that selfish thoughts cast a shadow over our lives, and that illness results from this self-centeredness; by correcting mistaken, self-centered use of their minds, people can receive the blessings of good health.2000, Avram Davidson, Everybody Has Somebody in Heaven, Devora Publishing, →ISBN, page 284
- Several miles away, in a modern American city, is a church of Tenrikyo, the “Religion of Heavenly Wisdom,” one of the so-called new religions of modern Japan. The arrangement of its altar is similar to that of Shinto, […] But whereas Shinto worships many deities, Tenrikyo has but one, the Creator...2009, Robert S. Ellwood, Mark A. Csikszentmihalyi, “East Asian Religions in Today's America”, in J. Neusner, editor, World Religions in America, 4th edition, Westminster John Knox Press, →ISBN, page...
- Synonyms:
- Tenriism
Examples of Tenrikyo in a sentence
- Several miles away, in a modern American city, is a church of Tenrikyo, the “Religion of Heavenly Wisdom,” one of the so-called new religions of modern Japan.2009, Robert S. Ellwood, Mark A. Csikszentmihalyi, “East Asian Religions in Today's America”, in J. Neusner, editor, World Religions in...
- Tenrikyo has a long history of giving birth to other independent movements, some of which have in turn issued in their own set of offshoots.2009, Robert Kisala, “Schisms in Japanese new religious movements”, in James R. Lewis, Sarah M. Lewis, editors, Sacred Schisms, Cambridge...
- Ever since Tenrikyo began spreading its faith in the mid-nineteenth century, it had been under constant persecution from the government.2017, Akihiro Yamakura, “Transnational Contexts of Tenrikyo Mission in Korea”, in Emily Anderson, editor, Belief and Practice in Imperial...
Synonyms of Tenrikyo
Forms of Tenrikyo
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Origin of Tenrikyo
From Japanese 天理教 (Tenrikyō).
Words formed from Tenrikyo
Questions about Tenrikyo
- What does Tenrikyo mean?
- Tenrikyo means a monotheistic religion in Japan founded by Nakayama Miki in 1838.
- How do you use Tenrikyo in a sentence?
- Several miles away, in a modern American city, is a church of Tenrikyo, the “Religion of Heavenly Wisdom,” one of the so-called new religions of modern Japan.
- What part of speech is Tenrikyo?
- Tenrikyo is a proper noun.
Words near Tenrikyo in the dictionary
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