A new history of Shinto /
The authors explore the various shrines, myths, and rituals of pre-Shinto worship, examining the processes by which they were then interpreted as Shinto and merged into the notion of Shinto that exists in Japan today. Key moments in Shinto's long evolutionary process are identified and discusse...
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| Language: | English |
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Chichester ; Malden, MA :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2010
Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : 2010 Chichester ; Malden, MA : 2010 |
| Series: | Blackwell brief histories of religion
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Table of Contents:
- An alternative approach to the history of Shinto
- Kami shrines, myths, and rituals in premodern times
- The history of a shrine : Hie
- The history of a myth : the sun-goddess and the rock-cave
- The Daijōsai : a "Shinto" rite of imperial accession 168
- Issues in contemporary Shinto
- 1 alternative approach to the history of Shinto
- 2. Kami shrines, myths, and rituals in premodern times
- 3. history of a shrine : Hie
- 4. history of a myth : the sun-goddess and the rock-cave
- 5. Daijosai : a "Shinto" rite of imperial accession 168
- 6. Issues in contemporary Shinto.