Robert Ellwood, Richard Pilgrim

Japanese Religion

A Cultural Perspective

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an overview of religion in Japan, from ancient times to the present. It also emphasizes the cultural and attitudinal manifestations of religion in Japan, withough neglecting dates and places.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 415g
• ISBN-13: 9781138381919
• ISBN-10: 1138381918
• Artikelnr.: 55103435

Autorenporträt

Robert S. Ellwood is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Southern California. Richard Pilgrim is a Professor at Syracuse University.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword.
Preface.
I. A PANORAMA OF JAPANESE RELIGION.
Introduction.
Moments and Memories: An Imaginary Tour.
Japanese Religion in Historical Perspective.
Countercultures.
II. SPECIFIC PATTERNS IN THE RELIGION OF JAPAN.
Religion and the Arts.
Conceptual Worlds.
Ritual and the Practice of Religion.
Religion and Society.
Japan in Change and Continuity.
Appendix: Brief Summaries of Major Japanese Religious Traditions.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.