A Religious Studies Scholar’s View on Tenrikyo’s Disaster Relief Activities : Tenrikyo Online

September 13, 2011 As reported in April, CNN—a U.S.-based international broadcasting company—posted on its “Belief” blog an article covering relief activities conducted by Tenrikyo Disaster Relief Hinokishin Corps (TDRHC) as well as the teaching of hinokishin, which informs its relief activities. This article was contributed by Dr. Barbara Ambros, associate professor of Religions of Asia in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. When she visited t