John Breen, Mark Teeuwen

Shinto in History (eBook, ePUB)

Ways of the Kami

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The only book to date offering a critical overview of Shinto from early times to the modern era, and evaluating Shinto's place in Japanese religious culture. Key topics include Shinto and Daoism in early Japan, Shinto and the natural environment, Shinto and state ritual in early Japan, Shinto and Buddhism in medieval Japan, and Shinto and the state in the modern period.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136827044
• Artikelnr.: 39912040

Autorenporträt

Breen, John; Teeuwen, Mark

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Map of Japan
Chapter One. Introduction: Shinto past and present
Chapter Two. Shinto and Taoism in early Japan
Chapter Three. Shinto and the natural environment
Chapter Four. The state cult of the Nara and early Heian periods
Chapter Five. The economics of ritual power
Chapter Six. The kami in esoteric Buddhist thought and practice
Chapter Seven. Reading the Yuiitsu Shinto myobo yoshil: A modern exegesis of an esoteric Shinto text
Chapter Eight. The death of a shogun: deification in early modern Japan
Chapter Nine. Changing images of Shinto: Sanja takusen or the three oracles
Chapter Ten. Mapping the Sacred Body: Shinto versus popular beliefs at Mt. Iwaki in Tsugaru
Chapter Eleven. Nativism as a social movement: Katagiri Harukazu and the Hongaku reisha
Chapter Twelve. Ideologues
bureaucrats and priests: on 'Shinto' and 'Buddhism' in early Meiji Japan
Chapter Thirteen. Shinto as a 'non-religion': the origins and development of an idea
Chapter Fourteen. The structure of state Shinto: its creation
development and demise
Chapter Fifteen. The disfiguring of nativism: Hirata Atsutane and Orikuchi Shinobu
Chapter Sixteen. Tanaka Yoshito and the beginnings of Shintogaku
Bibliography
Index

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Preface, Acknowledgements, Contributors, Map of Japan, Chapter One. Introduction: Shinto past and present, Chapter Two. Shinto and Taoism in early Japan, Chapter Three. Shinto and the natural environment, Chapter Four. The state cult of the Nara and early Heian periods, Chapter Five. The economics of ritual power, Chapter Six. The kami in esoteric Buddhist thought and practice, Chapter Seven. Reading the Yuiitsu Shinto myobo yoshil: A modern exegesis of an esoteric Shinto text, Chapter Eight. The death of a shogun: deification in early modern Japan, Chapter Nine. Changing images of Shinto: Sanja takusen or the three oracles, Chapter Ten. Mapping the Sacred Body: Shinto versus popular beliefs at Mt. Iwaki in Tsugaru, Chapter Eleven. Nativism as a social movement: Katagiri Harukazu and the Hongaku reisha, Chapter Twelve. Ideologues, bureaucrats and priests: on 'Shinto' and 'Buddhism' in early Meiji Japan, Chapter Thirteen. Shinto as a 'non-religion': the origins and development of an idea, Chapter Fourteen. The structure of state Shinto: its creation, development and demise, Chapter Fifteen. The disfiguring of nativism: Hirata Atsutane and Orikuchi Shinobu, Chapter Sixteen. Tanaka Yoshito and the beginnings of Shintogaku, Bibliography, Index

Rezensionen

'The book as a whole constitutes a very important tool in order to achieve both a general and detailes overview of Shinto and to better assess some major topics' - Dr. Flavia Monceri, EAJS Bulletin

'The book as a whole constitutes a very important tool in order to achieve both a general and detailes overview of Shinto and to better assess some major topics' - Dr. Flavia Monceri, EAJS Bulletin