Religion in Contemporary Japan
by
I. Reader
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0333523229
ISBN-13
9780333523223
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
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Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 22nd, 1991
Print length
277 Pages
Product Classification:
Oriental religionsSociology & anthropology
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This text examines the major areas in which the Japanese participate in religious events, the role of religion in the social system and the underlying views within the Japanese religious world. It also discusses the relevance and responses of religion in a modernizing and changing society.
Acknowledgements - Conventions - Introduction - Turning to the Gods in Times of Trouble: the Place, Time and Structure of Japanese Religion - Unifying Traditions, Cosmological Perspectives and the Vitalistic Universe - ''Born Shinto'': Community, Festivals, Production and Change - ''Die Buddhist'': Zen, Death and the Ancestors - Individuals, Ascetics and the Expression of Power - Sites and Sights: Temples and Shrines as Centres of Power and Entertainment - Actions and Amulets: Reflections of Need and the Expression of Meaning - Spirits, Satellites and a User Friendly Religion: Agonsh and the New Religions - Mystery, Nostalgia and the Shifting Sands of Continuity - Endnotes - References - Index
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