Tomoko Iwasawa

Tama in Japanese Myth

A Hermeneutical Study of Ancient Japanese Divinity

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Produktbeschreibung

This book attempts to elucidate Japanese religious experiences by presenting an innovative interpretation of the oldest existing text of Japanese myth, the Kojiki. Iwasawa offers new insights into Japanese mythology regarding the relationship between the human and the divine.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 415g
• ISBN-13: 9780761855248
• ISBN-10: 0761855246
• Artikelnr.: 33389025

Autorenporträt

Tomoko Iwasawa is associate professor of comparative religions at Reitaku University, Japan. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy of religion from Boston University. Her publications include Jaspers' "Schuldfrage" and Hiroshima: Does the Concept of Guilt Exist for Japanese Religious Consciousness? (2008) and On the Concept of Defilement: A Comparative Study of Paul Ricoeur's "Symbolism of Evil" and Japanese Myth (2009). She is an executive board member of International Shinto Foundation.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction PART I TAMA IN JAPANESE MYTH - HISTORICAL
INVESTIGATIONS Chapter 1 In Pursuit of Tama in the Japanese Language:
Motoori Norinaga's Interpretation of Tama Chapter 2 In Search of the
Salvation of Embodied Tama: Hirata Atsutane's Interpretation of Tama
Chapter 3 The Dialectic of Mythologizing, Demythologizing, and
Remythologizing PART II TAMA IN JAPANESE MYTH - CONCRETE MANIFESTATIONS
Part II Introduction Chapter 4 The Problem of Defilement: The Myth of
Izanagi and Izanami Chapter 5 The Problem of Sin: The Myth of Amaterasu and
Susanowo Conclusion Bibliography Index