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41. Shinto: At the Fountainhead of Japan (Volume 1) by Jean Herbert | |
Hardcover: 624
Pages
(2010-11-02)
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Editorial Review Product Description Shinto, the national indigenous religion of Japan has supplied Japan with the basic structure of its mentality and behaviour. Although its classical texts have been translated into English this volume was the first major study of this important religion. The book is a complete picture of Shinto, its history and internal organization, its gods and mythology, its temples and priests, its moral and worship. The volume also describes the metaphysics, mystic and spiritual disciplines and overall is one of the most authentic and authoritative surveys of Shinto of the twentieth century. |
42. Shinto Meditations for Revering the Earth by Stuart D. B. Picken | |
Paperback: 128
Pages
(2002-04-01)
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Well done
Let us pray |
43. Shinto the Kami Way by Sokyo Ono Ph.D., William P. Woodard | |
Paperback: 128
Pages
(2004-04-15)
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A people, a land and a way...
a bare-bones introduction, but worth it
A good introduction to Shinto
Interesting
Concise and informative for those want to know the basics and get a deeper understanding of Japanese culture |
44. Japan's Holy War: The Ideology of Radical Shinto Ultranationalism (Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society) by Walter Skya | |
Paperback: 400
Pages
(2009-01-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description Skya documents a transformation in the ideology of State Shintō in the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth. He shows that within the religion, support for the German-inspired theory of constitutional monarchy that had underpinned the Meiji Constitution gave way to a theory of absolute monarchy advocated by the constitutional scholar Hozumi Yatsuka in the late 1890s. That, in turn, was superseded by a totalitarian ideology centered on the emperor: an ideology advanced by the political theorists Uesugi Shinkichi and Kakehi Katsuhiko in the 1910s and 1920s. Examining the connections between various forms of Shintō nationalism and the state, Skya demonstrates that where the Meiji oligarchs had constructed a quasi-religious, quasi-secular state, Hozumi Yatsuka desired a traditional theocratic state. Uesugi Shinkichi and Kakehi Katsuhiko went further, encouraging radical, militant forms of extreme religious nationalism. Skya suggests that the creeping democracy and secularization of Japan’s political order in the early twentieth century were the principal causes of the terrorism of the 1930s, which ultimately led to a holy war against Western civilization. Customer Reviews (2)
Unfortunate Typos....
A gag-inducing neoconservative screed with no basis in reality |
45. Simple Guides Shinto by Ian Reader | |
Paperback: 144
Pages
(2008-11-04)
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46. The Sword of Heaven: A Five Continent Odyssey to Save the World (Travelers' Tales Guides) by Mikkel Aaland | |
Hardcover: 280
Pages
(2000-01-12)
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Editorial Review Product Description Mikkel Aaland was one of the people drawn into the circle of those placing the gods. Readers get an insider's view of sacred Shinto ceremonies as the holy pieces are placed at key sites in order to form a complete magnetic web of goodwill and positive energy. A few months after completing their task, the Soviet Empire crumbled. You too will become a believer after reading this powerful memoir of Aaland's journey toward personal and world peace. Customer Reviews (5)
On Becoming
The fate of the world is in YOUR hands!
From a Native American Partcipant
This is the best book I have read in years!
Celebration of an Opportunity. |
47. The Rousing Drum: Ritual Practice in a Japanese Community by Scott Schnell | |
Hardcover: 363
Pages
(1999-06)
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Editorial Review Product Description The setting is Furukawa, a town located in Japan's mountainous interior.Every spring the local Shinto shrine festival provides an opportunity for enacting social relationships and attitudes. By day, a portable shrine containing the spirit of the guardian deity is escorted through town in a stately procession. At night, however a different scenario unfolds.A barrel-shaped drum is borne through the streets on a massive grid-like platform. Prominent members of the community are obliged to ride upon the platform, while teams of young adults rush out and attack it as it passes through their respective neighborhoods. The action can become quite unruly, and random fights and injuries are accepted as inevitable correlates. In analyzing the festival over time, Schnell reveals a dramatic transformation. The drum ritual, which originated as a minor preliminary to the other events, emerged during the late 1800s as an occasion for airing hostilities and settling scores. As Japan's modernization progressed, the ritual performance came to embody a symbolic challenge to institutionalized authority, and occasionally escalated into politically motivated violence. While the religious ceremonies observed during the day were appropriated by local power holders, the night-time drum ritual represented a folk response to the officially sanctioned liturgy. The festival as a whole thus represented the clash of competing ideologies within the context of a single public forum. Today's ritual, rather tame by comparison, is being transformed into a tourist attraction aligned with the town's economic development objectives. Schnell's careful examination of the ethnohistorical data offers a valuable new perspective on Japanese festivals as well as the events and conditions that influence their development. His innovative look at ritual behavior over time persuades us that we can grasp the underlying significance of such activities only if we consider them within the context of larger historical patterns. |
48. Emplacing a Pilgrimage: The ÅŒyama Cult and Regional Religion in Early Modern Japan (Harvard East Asian Monographs) by Barbara Ambros | |
Hardcover: 325
Pages
(2008-03-31)
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Editorial Review Product Description Towering over the Kanto Plain, the sacred mountain oyama (literally, “Big Mountain”) has loomed large over the religious landscape of early modern Japan. By the Edo period (1600–1868), the revered peak had undergone a transformation from secluded spiritual retreat to popular pilgrimage destination. Its status as a regional landmark among its devotees was boosted by its proximity to the shogunal capital and the wide appeal of its amalgamation of Buddhism, Shinto, mountain asceticism, and folk beliefs. The influence of the oyama cult—the intersecting beliefs, practices, and infrastructure associated with the sacred site—was not lost on the ruling Tokugawa shogunate, which saw in the pilgrimage an opportunity to reinforce the communal ideals and social structures that the authorities espoused. Barbara Ambros provides a detailed narrative history of the mountain and its place in contemporary society and popular religion by focusing on the development of the oyama cult and its religious, political, and socioeconomic contexts. Richly illustrated and carefully researched, this study emphasizes the importance of “site” or “region” in considering the multifaceted nature and complex history of religious practice in Tokugawa Japan. |
49. The Protocol of the Gods: A Study of the Kasuga Cult in Japanese History by Allan G. Grapard | |
Hardcover: 312
Pages
(1993-01-14)
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50. Shinto and the State, 1868-1988 (Studies in Church and State) by Helen Hardacre | |
Paperback: 224
Pages
(1991-08-12)
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Editorial Review Product Description Where previous studies have emphasized the state bureaucracy responsible for the administration of shinto, Hardacre goes to the periphery of Japanese society. She demonstrates that leaders and adherents of popular religious movements, independent religious entrepreneurs, women seeking to raise the prestige of their households, and men with political ambitions all found an association with shinto useful for self-promotion; local-level civil administrations and parish organizations have consistently patronized shinto as a way to raise the prospects of provincial communities. A conduit for access to the prestige of the state, shinto has increased not only the power of the center of society over the periphery but also the power of the periphery over the center. Customer Reviews (1)
Why is this sold as religious studies?? |
51. Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan. by Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe | |
Paperback: 218
Pages
(2010-03-23)
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52. Zoroastrian Tradition: An Introduction to the Ancient Wisdom of Zarathustra by Farhang Mehr | |
Paperback: 176
Pages
(1991-11)
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Customer Reviews (3)
From experience, with passion
Very mediocre book
Outstanding Modern Work on the Meaning of Zoroastrianism |
53. The Opening Way by Willis Stoesz | |
Hardcover: 172
Pages
(1994-08-23)
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54. Japanese Warrior Monks AD 949-1603 by Stephen Turnbull | |
Paperback: 64
Pages
(2003-05-20)
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japanese warrior monks
Sohei
thin, one of two books in English
Even the priests of Japan were warriors |
55. Psychotherapy and Religion in Japan: The Japanese Introspection Practice of Naikan by Chikako Ozawa-de Silva | |
Paperback: 216
Pages
(2009-05-14)
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Editorial Review Product Description Naikan is a Japanese psychotherapeutic method which combines meditation-like body engagement with the recovery of memory and the reconstruction of one's autobiography in order to bring about healing and a changed notion of the self. Based on original anthropological fieldwork, this fascinating book provides a detailed ethnography of Naikan in practice. In addition, it discusses key issues such as the role of memory, autobiography and narrative in health care, and the interesting borderland between religion and therapy, where Naikan occupies an ambiguous position. Multidisciplinary in its approach, it will attract a wide readership, including students of social and cultural anthropology, medical sociology, religious studies, Japanese studies and psychotherapy. Customer Reviews (2)
'must have'
An important contribution |
56. The Religious Traditions of Japan 500-1600 (New Approaches to European His) by Richard Bowring | |
Paperback: 502
Pages
(2008-04-21)
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Good survey of Buddhism in japan |
57. Shinto: Origins, Rituals, Festivals, Spirits, Sacred Places by C. Scott Littleton | |
Hardcover: 116
Pages
(2002-05-02)
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Fanastic Soruce to use for Information
I'd pass on this one
A Good Starting Place
Shinto for the uninitiated only...
Not to Be Taken Too Literally |
58. The Scandalous Message of James: Faith Without Works is Dead by Elsa Tamez | |
Paperback: 176
Pages
(2002-04-25)
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An excellent book |
59. Historical Dictionary of Shinto (Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies and Movements) by Stuart D. B. Picken | |
Hardcover: 280
Pages
(2002-02-15)
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60. Japanese Mythology (Library of the World's Myths and Legends) by Juliet Piggott | |
Paperback: 144
Pages
(1991-10)
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Japanese Mythology and Archaeology |
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