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Folk Religion in Japan - Continuity and Change

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Ichiro Hori's is the first book in Western literature to portray how Shinto, Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist elements, as well as all manner of archaic magical beliefs and practices, are fused on the folk level.
Folk religion, transmitted by the common people from generation to generation, has greatly conditioned the political, economic, and cultural development of Japan and continues to satisfy the emotional and religious needs of the people. Hori examines the organic relationship between the Japanese social structure--the family kinship system, village and community organizations--and folk religion. A glossary with Japanese characters is included in the index.


List of contents

I: Main Features of Folk Religion in Japan II: Japanese Social Structure and Folk Religion III: Nembutsu as Folk Religion IV: Mountains and Their Importance for the Idea of the Other World V: Japanese Shamanism VI: The New Religions and the Survival of Shamanic Tendencies Selected Bibliography Index

Product details

Authors Ichiro Hori, Hori Ichiro
Assisted by Joseph M. Kitagawa (Editor), Joseph Mitsuo Kitagawa (Editor), Kitagawa Joseph M. (Editor), Alan L. Miller (Editor), Miller Alan L. (Editor)
Publisher University Presses
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.09.1994
 
EAN 9780226353340
ISBN 978-0-226-35334-0
No. of pages 294
Dimensions 14 mm x 21 mm x 2 mm
Weight 369 g
Series Haskell Lectures on History of
Haskell Lecture
Haskell Lectures on History of Religions HLHR (CHUP)
Haskell Lectures on History of Religions HLHR
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions
Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics

Japan, RELIGION / Eastern, East Asian religions, Oriental Religions

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