Prologue: the drums of war
Conventions
Introduction: the universal particularity of religious freedom
A preoccupation with religious freedom
The Meiji constitutional regime as a secularist system
Who needs religious freedom?
Domestic problems, diplomatic solutions
In the absence of religious freedom
The occupation of religious studies
State shinto as a heretical secularism
Who wants religious freedom?
Universal rights, unique circumstances
Out of the spiritual vacuum
Conclusion: the bellicose pacifism of religious freedom
Epilogue: songs of freedom.