The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1311 page)

K
nin
(Jap. name)
:

see
HUNG-JEN
.

 
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(Golden Light). A movement founded in Japan in 1859 by
Kawate Bunjiro
(1814–83). Although registered by the Japanese government as a Shinto sect, it represents in many respects a departure from Shintoism. Not only does it place the emphasis on individual as opposed to group salvation, but also, unlike Shintoism, it believes in the existence of a mediator, in the person of its leader, between God (known as Tenchi Kane no Kami, the parent Spirit of the Universe) and humans. Moreover, it rejects such Shinto practices as exorcism and divination, and attaches great importance to social welfare activities.

 
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Kontakion
(hymn)
:

see
AKATHISTOS
.

 
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(1865–1935).
First
Ashkenazi
Chief Rabbi
of Israel. Kook emigrated to Israel in 1904 and became Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi in 1921. He maintained that the return to
Zion
was a step towards the beginning of the divine redemption. He was a prolific writer, and his books combine learning with mystical insight. Among his books are
Orot ha-Kodesh
(3 vols., 1963/4),
Iggerot ha-Re‘ayah
(3 vols., 1962/5), and
Orot ha-Teshivah
(1955; Eng., 1968).

 
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Koran
:

see
QUR’
N
.

 
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