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Historical Dictionary of Shinto (Hardcover, 2nd Edition)
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Historical Dictionary of Shinto (Hardcover, 2nd Edition)
Series: Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series
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One of Japan's major religions, Shinto has no doctrines and there
are no sacred texts from which religious authority can be derived.
It does not have an identifiable historical founder, and it has
survived the vicissitudes of history through rituals and symbols
rather than through continuity of doctrine. Shinto is primarily a
religion of nature, centered on the cultivation of rice, the basis
of a culture with which the western world is not familiar in terms
of either its annual cycle or the kind of lifestyle it generates.
The roots of the Shinto tradition probably precede this and reflect
an awareness of the natural order. The oldest shrines came to be
located in places that inspired awe and wonder in their observers,
such as the great Fall of Nachi in Kumano, or in mountains that
conveyed a sense of power. The expanded second edition of the
Historical Dictionary of Shinto relates the history of Shinto
through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive
bibliography, and over 800 cross-referenced dictionary entries on
Shinto concepts, significant figures, places, activities, and
periods. Scholars and students will find the overviews and sources
for further research provided by this book to be enormously
helpful.
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