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Defining Shinto: A Reader (Critical Categories in the Study of Religion)
by Mark Macwilliams, Michiaki Okuyama (Author),
Acumen Publishing (Publisher)
Product Specifications
Book Description
Shinto is the indigenous spirituality of Japan. A combination of myth, history
and ritual designed to connect the present with the ancient past, Shinto is
practised by the vast majority of the Japanese but is not regarded as a
definable religion. Over the last two centuries Japan has repeatedly responded
to the challenges of modernity, but it has struggled to define the spiritual and
moral essence of Shinto. Shinto has been viewed as a national religion, a
non-religious patriotic cult, a moral way, a "private religion" of Shinto
shrines, and an ancient form of animism offering a contemporary ecological
ethic. 'Defining Shinto' brings together the key official
Book Specifications
ISBN-13 9781844658381
Language English
Binding Paper Back
Publisher Acumen Publishing
Publishing Date 2019-10-09
Total Pages 256