Religion in contemporary Japan / by Ian Reader.
1991
BL2209 .R42 1991 (Mapit)
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Title
Religion in contemporary Japan / by Ian Reader.
Author
Reader, Ian, 1949-
ISBN
9780824813543 paperback
0824813545 paperback
9780824813536
0824813537
0824813545 paperback
9780824813536
0824813537
Publication Details
Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, ©1991.
Language
English
Description
xv, 277 pages ; 22 cm
Call Number
BL2209 .R42 1991
Dewey Decimal Classification
291/.0952
Summary
What role does religion play in contemporary Japanese society and in the lives of Japanese people today? This text examines the major areas in which the Japanese participate in religious events, the role of religion in the social system and the underlying views within the Japanese religious world. Through a series of case studies of religion in action - at crowded temples and festivals, in austere Zen meditation halls, at home and at work, at dramatic fire rituals - it illustrates the immense variety, energy and colour inherent in Japanese religion. It also discusses the continued relevance and responses of religion in a rapidly modernizing and changing society.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-267) and index.
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