In his article "Legitimizing an Evil Teaching: Deguchi Onisaburō and 'Superstition' in Modern Japan," Takashi Miura argues that Onisaburō appropriated the term "superstition" to use for his own purposes.
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In "From Faith-Healing Group to New Religion: The Discursive Formulation of Tenrikyo in Meiji," Franziska Steffen outlines how debates between Tenrikyo faithful and their critics led to Tenrikyo being dubbed a "new religion."
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