The Japanese Yasukuni Cult – Soldiers as Martyrs?
Over the course of my research on the glorification of soldiers, revolutionaries, and terrorists as saints or martyrs in various religions, I have visited the Yasukuni Shrine in the heart of the city.
Archbishop and Professor Dr. Thomas Paul Schirrmacher is President of the International Council of the International Society for Human Rights, President of the International Institute for Religious Freedom, Co-President of Religions for Peace and President of the Bonn Abrahamic Center for Global Peace, Justice and Sustainability (BAC). 
