Offers an introduction to Shinto. This guide presents descriptions of the key concepts, beliefs and practices. Series: Simple Guides S. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRKN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 110 x 11. Weight in Grams: 154. . 2008. Paperback. . . . .

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Title: Shinto
Publisher: Kuperard
Publication Date: 2008
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1857334337
ISBN 13: 9781857334333
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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This book will help you to:

Appreciate the significance of Japan's own religion in everyday life.
To become familiar with the key traditions and festivals (matsuri) of the Shinto year.
To understand what you will see at Shinto shrines and in Shinto ritual.
To gain insights into the controversies surrounding Shinto, politics, and nationalism.

Access the world's religions with Simple Guides: Religion a series of concise, accessible introductions to the world's major religions.

Written by experts in the field, they offer an engaging and sympathetic description of the key concepts, beliefs, and practices of different faiths. Ideal for spiritual seekers and travellers alike, Simple Guides aims to open the doors of perception. Together the books provide a reliable compass to the world's great spiritual traditions, and a point of reference for further exploration and discovery.

By offering essential insights into the core values, customs, and beliefs of different societies, they also enable visitors to be aware of the cultural sensibilities of their hosts, and to behave in a way that fosters mutual respect and understanding.

About the Author

Ian Reader has been teaching and researching the religions of Japan for many years. His PhD on Japanese Buddhism was gained at the University of Leeds in 1983, after which he and his wife Dorothy lived and worked in Japan for almost six years. Since 1989 he has been a member of the Scottish Centre for Japanese Studies at the University of Stirling, Scotland. He also spent a year as a Visiting Professor at the University of Hawaii in 1992-93. For three years from August 1995 he lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he was a Senior Research Fellow at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. Amongst his books are Religion in Contemporary Japan, Pilgrimage in Popular Culture, and A Poisonous Cocktail? Aum Shinrikyo's Path to Violence.

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