Religion in contemporary Japan / by Ian Reader.

Religion in contemporary Japan / by Ian Reader.

9780824813543 paperback
0824813545 paperback
9780824813536
0824813537

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [1991]

©1991

English

xv, 277 pages ; 22 cm

BL2209 .R42 1991

291/.0952

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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-267) and index.

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