Protocol of the Gods - A Study of the Kasuga Cult in Japanese History

Informationen zum Autor Allan G. Grapard is Associate Professor of Religion at the University of California! Santa Barbara. Klappentext "The Protocol of the Gods" is a pioneering study of the history of relations between Japanese native institutions (Shinto shrines) and imported Buddhist institutions (Buddhist temples). Using the Kasuga Shinto shrine and the Kofukuji Buddhist temple! one of the oldest and largest of the shrine-temple complexes! Allan Grapard characterizes what he calls the combinatory character of pre-modern Japanese religiosity. He argues that Shintoism and Buddhism should not be studied in isolation! as hitherto supposed. Rather! a study of the individual and shared characteristics of their respective origins! evolutions! structures! and practices can serve as a model for understanding the pre-modern Japanese religious experience.Spanning the years from a period before historical records to the forcible separation of the Kasuga-Kofukuji complex by the Meiji government in 1868! Grapard presents a wealth of little-known material. He includes translations of rare texts and provides new! accessible translations of familiar documents. Zusammenfassung The history of relations between Japanese native institutions (Shinto shrines) and imported Buddhist institutions (Buddhist temples). Using the Kasuga Shinto shrine and the Kofukuji Buddhist temple, the author characterizes what he calls the combinatory character of pre-modern Japanese religosity.

Product details

• Authors: Allan G. Grapard, Grapard Allan G.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.01.1993
• EAN: 9780520070974
• ISBN: 978-0-520-07097-4
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Japan, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, RELIGION / Shintoism, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, Buddhism, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Asian History, Shintoism