Cult Problems and Social Order: Comparative Sociological Study of Formation of Public Sphere

从比较的视角研究邪教问题和社会秩序，不仅要考察邪教问题，更要考察文化和社会的背景现象。我们承认我们的研究成果是当代世界邪教问题的一部分，我们三年的研究项目达到了我们的预期结果如下：1）樱井良英对欧洲、北美地区和日本的邪教问题和反邪教运动进行了比较研究。2）土屋弘从研究者的立场出发，重新思考了灵性和宗教。3）渡边学描述了信徒在邪教中的归属、皈依和叛逃，并评估他们所经历的退出咨询的心理效果。Hutoshi Watanabe认为为邪教信徒提供退出咨询的合法性，并将他们的康复与日本大量的闭门造车者进行了比较。这反映了现代文化的自决和自我责任。6）Hiroko Nakanishi比较了媒体对日本统一教会和韩国统一教会的报道。7）研究生也在各个领域进行有价值的研究。虽然不少研究人员对这个问题感兴趣，一些年轻的研究人员也意识到，鉴于邪教在宗教社会学中的重要性，首席调查员应指出，组织研究小组面对邪教问题，并通过对邪教的批判和实际认识来回应平民的期望，是有困难的。但是，邪教问题的研究还应继续下去。

Researchers who study cult problems and social orders in the comparative perspective should conduct survey not only cult issues but background phenomena of culture and society. Admitting that our research results are partials of recent cult problems in modern world, our three years' research project reached our desired result as follows:1)Yoshihide Sakurai conducts comparative study of cult issues and anti-cult movements in Europe, North American region and Japan.2)Hiroshi Tsuchiya reconsiders spirituality and religion in the perspective of researcher's positionality.3)Manabu Watanabe describes believers' affiliation, conversion, and defection in cults, and evaluates psychological effects of exit counseling they experienced.4)Hutoshi Watanabe argues legitimacy of exit counseling for cult believers and compares their recovery with large numbers of shut-in person in Japan.5)Yasushi Koike deals with survivors' claim, infringement of their human rights, which reflects modern culture of self-determination and self-responsibility.6)Hiroko Nakanishi compares media reports concerning the Unification Church in Japan with those in Korea.7)Graduate students also conduct valuable researches in various fields.Although not a few researchers are interested in this issue and some young researchers are aware of significance in the sociology of religion, head investigator should indicate the difficulties of organizing research group that will face cult issues and respond civilian's expectation by critical and practical recognition of cults. However, study of cult issues should be continued.