Diverse aspects over the land use between a religious community and local inhabitants in Tenri

Abstract

In this paper, is intended to clarify the actual situation and the factor of the tangle around the land between religious community and local inhabitants, in the sacred space for the new religion that developed during the history of urbanization and religious oppression. As a research method, focusing on Tenrikyo underlying the holy city plan “Hacchoshiho Koso”, in Tenri, Nara. And I followed the negotiation process of the local inhabitants and Tenrikyo Church Headquarters surrounding the planning area, and the local inhabitants against the planning. As a result, about 90%of local inhabitants were surveyed, was Tenrikyo believers. Nevertheless, it was found that about 45% of those surveyed, is holding a conflict in this plan. As factors,①Gaps between the religious ideology Tenrikyo Church Headquarters has and the doctrine inhabitants think,②Weakness of knowledge sharing about “Hacchoshiho Koso” of local inhabitants, ③The negotiation about land is carried out in the only Tenrikyo Church Headquarters and the land owner.