Heisei 30 Torrential Rain and the Potential of the Institutional Religion for the Unexpressed Needs after the Disaster : From the Perspective of Kure Christian Church Volunteer Center Staff

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ササキ, ミワ

Sasaki, Miwa

シュウキョウ ト シャカイ コウケン ケンキュウカイ

制度宗教（キリスト教）と公共空間

Religion and Disaster Relief/Risk Reduction

Institutional Religion/ Christianity and Public Sphere

This paper examines the case of Christian activity observed after the torrential rain in July 2018. As a conclusion, the possibility of religious care done by Christian actors on the faith from the “institutional religion” at the time of disaster was indicated, even in the area with a background of “diffused religion” such as Japan. The affected people from such background could be unaware of one’s own need for religious care but the religious people could approach actively and could fulfill the former's need. On the other hand, it could be possible that the fear or anxiety could drive the religious people to meet the need in a more passive way.