Factors why the believers of the New religious movement kept up disaster-relief volunteer work : A case study of a volunteer team of Konkokyo

シンシュウキョウ　ノ　シンコウシャ　ニ　ヨル　サイガイ　ボランティア　カツドウ　ノ　ジゾク　ヨウイン　コンコウキョウ　オオサカ　サイガイ　キュウエンタイ　ヲ　タイショウ　ト　シテ

Chen, Zhongdao

オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン ニンゲン カガク ケンキュウカ キョウセイガク ジャーナル ヘンシュウ イインカイ

持続要因

共感性

信頼関係

disaster volunteer

lasting factors

empathy

the mutual trust

This study aims to investigate the factors why long-term disaster-relief volunteer work has been kept up by the believers of the New religious movement from the perspectives of both the personal and the group level. For achieving the purpose, the researcher conducted interviews on the main members of a volunteer team of Konkokyo. Besides the religious faith and the effect of role models, the research reflected that the mutual trust that has been constructed inside and outside the team during the long-term disaster-relief volunteer work was an important factor for individuals to keep up. Also, the research indicated that a sense of the distance between the team and the headquarters of Konkokyo was another factor allowing the team to continue their volunteer work.