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[[File:Do-kai_Headquarters_and_Matsumura_Kindergarden.JPG | thumb | right | Dōkai headquarters]]<br />
The {{nihongo|'''Society of the Way'''|道会 (どうかい)|'''Dōkai'''|lead=yes}} is a [[Japanese new religions|Japanese new religion]] founded by [[Matsumura Kaiseki]] in 1907 which synthesizes aspects of [[Christianity|Christian]], [[Confucianism|Confucian]], [[Daoist]], and traditional Japanese thought. Its four main tenets are theism ({{lang|ja|信神}}), ethical cultivation ({{lang|ja|修徳}}), neighborly love ({{lang|ja|愛隣}}), and a belief in eternal life ({{lang|ja|永生}}).<br />
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== Notable members ==<br />
* [[Ōkawa Shūmei]], [[Japanese nationalism|Japanese nationalist]] and [[Pan-Asianism|Pan-Asian]] ideologue<ref>{{cite book |author=<!-- not stated --> |editor-last1= Saaler |editor-first1= Sven |editor-last2= Szpilman |editor-first2= Christopher W. A. |date= 2011-04-16 |title= Pan-Asianism: A Documentary History |volume= II: 1920–Present |location= [[Lanham, Maryland]] |publisher= [[Rowman & Littlefield]] |page= 88 |isbn= 978-1442206021 |quote= For example, Matsumura Kaiseki (1859–1939), who in 1912 founded a new religious sect, the Society of the Way (Dōkai), of which Ōkawa Shūmei was also a member, also favored a synthesis of the same religions, while not under the banner of Pan-Asianism (Dufourmont 2008).}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last= Usuki |first= Akira |date= 2012 |title= A Japanese Asianist’s View of Islam: A Case Study of Ōkawa Shūmei |url= https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ajames/28/2/28_KJ00008584588/_article |journal= Annals of Japan Association for Middle East Studies |volume= 28 |issue= 2 |publisher= Japan Association for Middle East Studies |pages= 59-84 |quote= At the same time, he [Ōkawa Shūmei] participated in Dōkai (The Way Association), which was an indigenous Japanese Christian movement founded by Matsumura Kaiseki (1859-1939) in 1907.}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Tensokokyo]], a Japanese new religion that also utilizes the teachings of Christianity<br />
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==References==<br />
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*{{note|AFM}} ''Suzuki, Studies of Trends in Meiji Religious Thought''.<br />
*{{note|AFM}} ''Matsumura, A Critique of Religions''.<br />
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