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Shinto, the Kami way
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Sokyo Ono
Shinto, the indigenous faith of the Japanese people, continues to fascinate and mystify both the casual visitor to Japan and the long-time resident. This introduction unveils Shintos spiritual characteristics and discusses the architecture and function of Shinto shrines. Further examination of Shintos lively festivals, worship, music, and sacred ...
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Eastern Religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shinto
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Michael D Coogan, Ph.D. (Editor), Professor Vasudha Narayanan (Editor), Malcolm David Eckel (Editor)
Authoritative and accessible, this fascinating volume provides a concise, illustrated introduction to five of the great religious traditions of the world--Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto. 125 illustrations.
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The Essence of Shinto: Japan's Spiritual Heart
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Motohisa Yamakage, Mineko S Gillespie (Translator), Gerald L Gillespie (Translator)
In The Essence of Shinto, revered Shinto master Motohisa Yamakage explains the core values of Shinto and explores both basic tenets and its more esoteric points in terms readily accessible to the modern Western reader. He shows how the long history of Shintoism is deeply woven into the fabric of Japanese spirituality and mythology--indeed, it is ...
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Shinto and the State, 1868-1988
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Helen Hardacre
Helen Hardacre, a leading scholar of religious life in modern Japan, examines the Japanese state's involvement in and manipulation of shinto from the Meiji Restoration to the present. Nowhere else in modern history do we find so pronounced an example of government sponsorship of a religion as in Japan's support of shinto. How did that sponsorship ...
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A Popular Dictionary of Shinto
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Brian Bocking
A practical guide to Shintoism, this reference features around 1400 entries, describing all the key aspects of religion, culture and history.
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A Year in the Life of a Shinto Shrine
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John K Nelson
What we today call Shinto has been at the heart of Japanese culture for almost as long as there has been a political entity distinguishing itself as Japan. "A Year in the Life of a Shinto Shrine" describes the ritual cycle at Suwa Shrine, Nagasaki's major Shinto shrine. Conversations with priests, other shrine personnel, and people attending ...
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Norito: A Translation of the Ancient Japanese Ritual Prayers
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Donald L Philippi
This volume presents the only English translation of the prayers of Japan's indigenous religious tradition, Shinto. These prayers, norito, are works of religious literature that are basic to our understanding of Japanese religious history. Locating Donald Philippi as one of a small number of scholars who have developed a perceptive approach to the ...
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Kung Fu, Tae Kwondo, Tai Chi, Kendo, Iaido and Shinto Ryu
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Fay Goodman
This wonderful guide works to introduce some of the most important and most popular among the wide range of specific disciplines to choose from within the general category of martial arts. The fascinating history and philosophy of each art is clearly and concisely explained; these explanations are then followed by step-by-step photographic guides ...
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Rearranging the Landscape of the Gods: The Politics of a Pilgrimage Site in Japan, 1573-1912
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Sarah Thal
When people create new societies, economies, and nations--both now and in the past--they create gods, rituals, and miracles to support them. Even what seem to be some of the most timeless and sacred sites in the world have been shaped, reshaped, and reinterpreted by countless people to produce oases of peace and nature today. Using miracle tales, ...
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Shinto
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Stuart D Picken
Illustrates the beliefs of Japan's oldest religion, its ceremonies, rituals, and festivals, and its connection with Japannese art, history, Buddhism, and even sumo wrestling.
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The Living Way: Stories of Kurozumi Munetada, a Shinto Founder
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Professor Willis Stoesz (Editor), Sumio Kamiya (Translator), Isshi Kohomoto (Narrator)
These stories about Kurozumi Munetada (1780-1850) show us a spirituality for everyday living. He was a Japanese priest, poet and healer who looked to the needs of all humankind. We see in them Shinto affirmation of life, for he was a healer of both spirit and body. He was a teacher, showing people of all walks of life the Confucian emphasis on ...
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Kojiki
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Donald L. Philippi
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Japan's Religions: Shinto and Buddhism
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Lafcadio Hearn
Contents: Question in the Zen Texts; Introduction to Buddhism; Higher Buddhism; Nirvana; Dust; Within the Circle; By Force of Karma; Idea of Preexistence; Pilgrimage to Enoshima; Ancient Cult; Religion of the Home; Development of Shinto; Worship and Purification; Some Thoughts About Ancestor Worship; Kitsuki, The Most Ancient Shrine of Japan.
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Shinto and the Religions of Japan
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C Scott Littleton
In Japan, two religions predominate--Buddhism and Shintoism--and the Japanese people see no contradiction in practicing both: worshipping Buddha even as they revere the kami, the divine beings that populate the country and define the indigenous faith of Shintoism. In Shintoism and the Religions of Japan, C. Scott Littleton illuminates this ...
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The Kurozumi Sect of Shinto
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Charles William Hepner
1935. In 1912 Hepner was ordained and commissioned by the Board of Foreign Missions of The United Synod South as a Missionary to Japan. During his tenure there he acquired an unusual facility both in speaking and reading Japanese. Within a few years, he decided on Shinto as his special field of study and thus began the study that lead to this ...
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Treasures of Buddhism
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Frithjof Schuon
Elucidates notions crucial to Buddhism and points out key differences between Western philosophical individualism and the serenity of Eastern metaphysics.
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Shinto
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Paula R Hartz
Offers a concise, current and readable survey of the world's great religions. Each volume describe where a particular religion is practised, its central beliefs and rituals, its contributions to world civilizations and analyzes how it has spread through immigration and conversion. 14 vol set ISBN 0816051690. Ages 10+.
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Simple Guide to Shinto
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Ian Read, Arene Sanderson, Aan Reader
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Understanding Shinto: Origins, Beliefs, Practices, Festivals, Spirits, Sacred Places
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C. Scott Littleton
A concise and accessible introduction to the world of Shinto, its development and key principles. Shinto, or "the Way of the Gods", is the indigenous religion of Japan. To understand Japan it is essential to have some knowledge of this faith's history, theology and ritual practices. Shinto explores the sacred texts, persons and spaces as well as ...
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Kamakura; fact & legend.
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Iso Mutsu, countess
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Arts of Shinto
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Haruki Kageyama, John M Rosenfield (Editor), Christine Guth (Translator)
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Shinto: The Ancient Religion of Japan
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W G Aston
1905. This work comprises an outline theory of the origin and earlier stages of the development of religion, prepared with special reference to the Shinto evidence. Contents: Materials for the Study of Shinto; General Features-Personification; General Features-Deification of Men; General Features-Functions of Gods, etc.; Myth; The Mythical ...
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Kurozumi Shinto: An American Dialogue
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Professor Willis Stoesz (Editor)
An in-depth look at the Kurozumi-kyo sect of Shinto, giving readers a deep appreciation of the spiritual values of Japan as well as a detailed exploration of the ongoing influence of the oldest of thirteen official sects of the Meiji period.
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Ashkenazi: !Matsuri! Paper
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Michael Asheknazi, Michael Ashkenazi
A study of the importance of festivals in Japanese society which also contains a bilingual glossary.
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Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami
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John Breen (Editor), Mark Teeuwen (Editor)
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 ...
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