Robert Ellwood, Richard Pilgrim

Japanese Religion

A Cultural Perspective

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A survey of Japanese religion which emphasizes its interaction with the culture of Japan. The book provides an overview of religion in Japan, from ancient times to the present. It also emphasizes the attitudinal manifestations of religion in Japan, without neglecting dates and places.

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This book provides an overview of religion in Japan, from ancient times to the present. It also emphasizes the cultural and attitudinal manifestations of religion in Japan, withough neglecting dates and places.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 1984
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 154mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 227g
• ISBN-13: 9780135092828
• ISBN-10: 0135092825
• Artikelnr.: 21524011

Autorenporträt

Robert S. Ellwood is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Southern California. Richard Pilgrim is a Professor at Syracuse University.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword.
Preface.
I. A PANORAMA OF JAPANESE RELIGION.
Introduction.
Moments and Memories: An Imaginary Tour.
Japanese Religion in Historical Perspective.
Countercultures.
II. SPECIFIC PATTERNS IN THE RELIGION OF JAPAN.
Religion and the Arts.
Conceptual Worlds.
Ritual and the Practice of Religion.
Religion and Society.
Japan in Change and Continuity.
Appendix: Brief Summaries of Major Japanese Religious Traditions.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.