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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455619703321

Autore

Teeuwen Mark <1966, >

Titolo

Shinto, a short history / / Inoue Nobutaka (editor), Ito Satoshi, Endo Jun and Mori Mizue ; translated and adapted by Mark Teeuwen and John Breen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-38461-0

0-415-31179-9

1-134-38462-9

1-280-06253-3

0-203-46288-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BreenJohn <1956->

InoueNobutaka <1948->

ItoSatoshi <1961->

EndoJun <1967->

MoriMizue <1961->

Disciplina

299/.561/09

Soggetti

Shinto - History

Religion - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-203) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Translators' introduction; Introduction: what is Shinto?; Ancient and classical Japan: the dawn of Shinto; The medieval period: the kami merge with Buddhism; The early modern period: in search of a Shinto identity; The modern age: Shinto confronts modernity; Selected reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Shinto - A Short History provides an introductory outline of the historical development of Shinto from the ancient period of Japanese history until the present day. Shinto does not offer a readily identifiable set of teachings, rituals or beliefs; individual shrines and kami deities have led their own lives, not within the confines of a narrowly defined Shinto, but rather as participants in a religious field that included



Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian and folk elements. Thus, this book approaches Shinto as a series of historical 'religious systems' rather than attempting to identify