Synthetic study of Contemporary religions

为了收集收集到的数据，有时还举行会议审查数据。因此，代表每个领域的调查人员将汇集并公布每个领域的历史和现状。松本茂报道了一般评论，上田贤二报道了神道教，玉丸纪久报道了佛教，铃木纪久报道了基督教，荒井贤久报道了新的宗教运动，三宅一生报道了民间信仰，井上伸隆报道了教育和宗教，石井贤二(同事)报道了宗教与城市化/人口减少的关系。我们完成了文化厅出版的宗教年鉴数据库的制作。对约400个宗教组织的宗教法人、宗教团体、教职员工和信众人数进行了数据库统计，并收集了宗教团体公布的数据。我们对这些数据进行了比较，并概述了佛教教派的现状。两个新的宗教团体出版了一本统计年鉴。我们收集了所有这些书。

Gathering collected data, Meetings were held on occasion for examination of data. As a result investigators who represent each field are going to put together and publish the history of and the present situation in each field. Shigeru MATSUMOTO reported general remarks, Kenji UEDA reported on Shintoism, Noriyoshi TAMARU reported on Buddhism, Norihisa SUZUKI reported on Christianity, Ken ARAI reported on new religious movements, Hitoshi MIYAKE reported on folk belief, Nobutaka INOUE reported on education and religion, and Kenji ISHII (co-worker) reported on the relation between religion and urbanization/depopulation.We finished making a database of yearbooks of religion published by the Agency for Cultural Affairs. The number of religious juridical persons, religious bodies, teachers, and believers of about 400 religious organizations were databased.We also collected the data which were published by religious bodies. We compared these data and overviewed the present situation of Buddhist sects. Two new religious groups published a statistical yearbook. We gathered all these books.