Japanese Religion: A Cultural Perspective / Edition 1

by Robert Ellwood, Richard Pilgrim

Overview

This book provides an overview of religion in Japan, from ancient times to the present. It also emphasizes the cultural and attitudinal manifestations of religion in Japan, withough neglecting dates and places.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780135092828
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/01/1984
Series:	Prentice Hall Series in World Religions
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	174
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Robert S. Ellwood is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Southern California.

Richard Pilgrim is a Professor at Syracuse University.

Table of Contents

Foreword.
Preface.
I. A PANORAMA OF JAPANESE RELIGION.
Introduction.

Moments and Memories: An Imaginary Tour.

Japanese Religion in Historical Perspective.

Countercultures.

II. SPECIFIC PATTERNS IN THE RELIGION OF JAPAN.
Religion and the Arts.

Conceptual Worlds.

Ritual and the Practice of Religion.

Religion and Society.

Japan in Change and Continuity.

Appendix: Brief Summaries of Major Japanese Religious Traditions.

Glossary.

Bibliography.

Index.