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1. Title Title of document Preface and Acknowledgements - Exploring Shinto
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Michael Pye; Marburg University (Emeritus) and Ōtani University; Japan
 
3. Subject Discipline(s) Buddhist Studies
 
4. Subject Keyword(s) Japanese religion; Shinto; Kami; Suwa Grand Shrine; Buddhism; Tendai; Ise Shrine; Yoshida Bonshun; Shinbutsu; Noh; Shin Buddhism; Fusokyo; Shinshukyo
 
5. Subject Subject classification Shinto Studies
 
6. Description Abstract Shinto permeates the religious landscape of Japan and is a major key to the understanding of Japanese culture and society. But what is it? If ideological shortcuts are avoided there is no simple answer. Yet this book will guide students and general readers through many aspects of Shinto both today and in its history. It contains much information about sacred Shinto shrines and the divinities (the kami) which are the focus of devotion there. These numerous divinities have been viewed in different ways in the course of time, and contributions by specialists shed much light on the role played by Buddhism in this regard. Moreover, several fascinating religious movements or “sects” which share in the wider pattern of Shinto are also introduced and discussed. Oversimplified views may be challenged here, but the result is a volume in which “Shinto” is explored in a wide and illuminating perspective by an international team of scholars. It provides a refreshing and much-needed resource for all who are interested in the subject.
 
7. Publisher Organizing agency, location Equinox Publishing Ltd
 
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9. Date (YYYY-MM-DD) 15-Jul-2020
 
10. Type Status & genre Peer-reviewed Article
 
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12. Format File format PDF
 
13. Identifier Uniform Resource Identifier https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/39480
 
14. Identifier Digital Object Identifier 10.1558/equinox.39480
 
15. Source Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) Equinox eBooks Publishing; Exploring Shinto
 
16. Language English=en en
 
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19. Rights Copyright and permissions Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd