Shinto, a short history / Inoue Nobutaka (editor) ; Itô Satoshi, Endō Jun and Mori Mizue ; translated and adapted by Mark Teeuwen and John Breen
- Author
- Teeuwen, Mark
- Published
- London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 223 pages) : maps
- Additional Creators
- Breen, John, 1956- and Itō, Satoshi, 1961-
Access Online
- Language Note
- Translated from the Japanese.
- Contents
- Introduction: what is Shinto? / Inoue Nobutaka -- Ancient and classical Japan: the dawn of Shinto / Mori Mizue -- The medieval period: the kami merge with Buddhism / Itō Satoshi -- The early modern period: in search of a Shinto identity / Endō Jun -- The modern age: Shinto confronts modernity / Inoue Nobutaka.
- Summary
- 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.
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- ISBN
- 0203462882 (electronic bk.)
9780203462881 (electronic bk.)
0203340825 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader)
9780203340820 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader)
9780415311793
0415311799
9780415319133
0415319137
1134384610 (electronic bk.)
9781134384617 (electronic bk.)
0415311799 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
0415319137 (pbk.) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-203) and index.
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