Kofuku no Kagaku

Kōfuku no Kagaku (Happy Science) represents one of the most visible and institutionally complex New Religious Movements (NRMs) to emerge in late twentieth-century Japan. Founded in 1986 by Ōkawa Ryūhō, the movement presents itself as a universal spiritual system that integrates elements of Buddhism, modern metaphysics, and global religious traditions into a unified doctrinal framework. Central to ...