Sakurai Yoshihide

Professor, Hokkaidō University. Conducts research on the sociology of religion with a focus on cults and new religions. Provides counseling services for students involved in cults and their parents. Author of Rei to kane: Supirichuaru bijinesu no kōzō (Spirit and Money—Anatomy of a Spiritual Business), Higashi Ajia shūkyō no katachi: Hikaku shūkyō shakaigaku e no shōtai (The Shape of East Asian Religion: An Introduction to Comparative Sociology of Religion), and other works.