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Can I read Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami (Routledge Studies in Asian Religion) on EtoBox?

Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami (Routledge Studies in Asian Religion) by John Breen; Mark Teeuwen is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.

What is Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami (Routledge Studies in Asian Religion) about?

This is the only book to date offering a critical overview of Shinto from early times to the modern era, and evaluating Shinto's place in Japanese religious culture. In recent years, a few books on medieval Shinto have appeared, but none has attempted to depict the broader picture, to examine critically Shinto's origins and its subsequent development through the medieval, pre-modern and modern periods. The essays in this book address such key topics as Shinto and Daoism in early Japan, Shinto and the natural environment, Shinto and state ritual in early Japan, Shinto and Buddhism in medieval Japan, and Shinto and the state in the modern period. All of the essays highlight the dynamic nature of Shinto and shrine history by focusing on the three-way relationship, often fraught, between local shrine cults, Shinto agendas and Buddhism.

Who reads Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami (Routledge Studies in Asian Religion)?

It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.

Common subject areas: religion, theology.

Author
John Breen; Mark Teeuwen
Publisher
RoutledgeCurzon
Published
2000
Language
EN
ISBN
9780824823634
Category
religious
Subjects
Science, Buddhism, Religion

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