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Can I read Shinto : Origins, Rituals, Festivals, Spirits, Sacred Places on EtoBox?
Shinto : Origins, Rituals, Festivals, Spirits, Sacred Places by Littleton, C. Scott is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is Shinto : Origins, Rituals, Festivals, Spirits, Sacred Places about?
Shinto provides a succinct, authoritative and accessible introduction to one of the great religious traditions. The book is organized around nine key themes: Origins and Historical Development, Aspects of the Divine, Sacred Texts, Sacred Persons, Ethical Principles, Sacred Space, Sacred Time, Death and the Afterlife, and Society and Religion. Each of these themes is supplemented by extracts from or summaries of historical texts, with a concise commentary that explains its significance or places it in context. (From back cover.)
Who reads Shinto : Origins, Rituals, Festivals, Spirits, Sacred Places?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Littleton, C. Scott
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780195218862
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Fiction, Religion, History
- Rating
- 3.42 / 5 (96 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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