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Religion: Transformations and the Founder Baffelli, Erica, and Ian Reader. "References." Dynamism and the Ageing of a Japanese ‘New’ Religion: Transformations and the Founder. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019. 187–198. Bloomsbury Collections. Web. 2 Oct. 2021. <>. Downloaded from Bloomsbury Collections, www.bloomsburycollections.com, 2 October 2021, 23:00 UTC. Copyright © Erica Baffelli and Ian Reader 2019. You may share this work for non-commercial purposes only, provided you give attribution to the copyright holder and the publisher, and provide a link to the Creative Commons licence. 1 87 References Agon Magazine. 2012. 3/4 bimonthly Agonsh ū members’ magazine. Agon Magazine. 2017. 1/2 bimonthly Agonsh ū members’ magazine. Agon Magazine. 2017. 3/4 bimonthly Agonsh ū members’ magazine. Agon Magazine. 2017. 5/6 bimonthly Agonsh ū members’ magazine. Agon Shu. 2017. Agon Shu’s Hoshi Matsuri: Th e Combined Shinto-Buddhist Fire Rites Festival. Tokyo : Agonsh ū . 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