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Shinto: A Short History
Contributor(s): Inoue, Nobutaka (Editor), Breen, John (Translator), Jun, Endo (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0415311799     ISBN-13: 9780415311793
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE: $152.00  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2003
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Annotation: i Shinto: A Short History /i provides a running history of Shinto as a religious system from prehistory to the present day. The introduction explains the concept of a religious system, followed by four chapters that treat different periods in Shinto history. The book has been written with both the scholar of Japanese studies and the non-specialist in mind, thereby offering an excellent introduction to the subject.
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Shintoism
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General
- History | Asia - Japan
Dewey: 299.561
LCCN: 2002037043
Lexile Measure: 1450(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" L (1.13 lbs) 240 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Asian
- Cultural Region - Japanese
Features: Bibliography, Index, Maps
 
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Shinto - A Short History provides an introductory outline of the historical development of Shinto from the ancient period of Japanese history until the present day.
Shinto does not offer a readily identifiable set of teachings, rituals or beliefs; individual shrines and kami deities have led their own lives, not within the confines of a narrowly defined Shinto, but rather as participants in a religious field that included Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian and folk elements. Thus, this book approaches Shinto as a series of historical 'religious systems' rather than attempting to identify a timeless 'Shinto essence'.
This history focuses on three aspects of Shinto practice: the people involved in shrine worship, the institutional networks that ensured continuity, and teachings and rituals. By following the interplay between these aspects in different periods, a pattern of continuity and discontinuity is revealed that challenges received understandings of the history of Shinto.
This book does not presuppose prior knowledge of Japanese religion, and is easily accessible for those new to the subject.
 
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