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

• Autore: Teeuwen Mark
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 299/.561/09
• Soggetto topico: Shinto - History; Religion - History
• Classificazione: 11.87
• Altri autori: BreenJohn <1956-> InoueNobutaka <1948-> ItoSatoshi <1961-> EndoJun <1967-> MoriMizue <1961->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Shinto, a short history
• ISBN: 1-134-38461-0; 0-415-31179-9; 1-134-38462-9; 1-280-06253-3; 0-203-46288-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780105203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II