Japanese Religion : a Cultural Perspective.
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| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Taylor and Francis,
1984.
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| ISBN: | 9781315507125 1315507129 |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part 1 A Panorama of Japanese Religion; 1 Introduction; The Japanese Way; 2 Moments and Memories: An Imaginary Tour; Tokyo; Kamakura; Kyoto/Nara; 3 Japanese Religion in Historical Perspective; The Story of Japanese Religion; Archaic Japanese Religion; The Coming of Buddhism; The Nara Period (710-794); The Heian Period (794-1185); The Kamakura Period (1185-1333); The Muromachi Period (1336-1573); The Tokugawa Period (1600-1868); The Meiji Period (1968-1912) and Beyond; Modern Japan; Scenes from the Past.
- The Coming of BuddhismThe Tendai Umbrella; Princess and Priestess in Pilgrimage and Sacred Place; Later Pilgrims to the Grand Shrine; Exemplary Persons; Shinran Shonin (1173-1262); Motoori Norinaga (1730-1801); 4 Countercultures; Outside the Mainstream; Exemplary Movements; The Caterpillar Cult; Nichiren and Nichiren Buddhism; Nakayama Miki and Tenrikyo; Part 2 Specific Patterns in the Religion of Japan; 5 Religion and the Arts; Foundations; Art in the Service of Religion; Religion in the Service of Art; 6 Conceptual Worlds; Introduction; Descriptive Realities and Worldviews.
- Vertical Worlds and ParadigmsHorizontal Worlds and Paradigms; Poetic Realities; Shinto; Buddhism; 7 Ritual and the Practice of Religion; The Performance of Religion; Exemplary Models of Japanese Ritual; Shinto; Zen Meditation; Nichiren Buddhist Practice; Yamabushi Rites; 8 Religion and Society; Religion in Sociological Perspective; Exemplary Patierns in Religious Community; Shinto Court Rituals as Socio-Religious Patterns; The Zen Monastery as a Community of Buddhist Practice; Soka Gakkai and the Importance of Community; 9 japan in change and continuity; Religion in an Ever-Changing World.
- Central Paradigms and Persistent PatiernsAppendix: Brief Summaries of Major Japanese Religious Traditions; Shinto; Confucianism; Taoism; Buddhism; The New Religions; Tenrikyo; Konkokyo; Ornoto; World Messianity or Sekai Kyusei-kyo; PL Kyodan; Seicho no le; Soka Gakkai; Rissho Koseikai; Reiyukai; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.