The Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions combines state-of-the-field theoretical and critical discussions.
[Table of Contents]
Editors’ Introduction
Traditions
Japanese Religions/Robert Kisala
Shinto/Norman Havens
Buddhism/Jacqueline I. Stone
Folk Religion/Ian Reader
New Religions/Trevor Astley
Japanese Christianity/Mark R. Mullins
History
Ancient Japan and Religion/Matsumura Kazuo
Religion in the Classical Period/Yoshida Kazuhiko
The Medieval Period: Eleventh to Sixteenth Centuries/William M. Bodiford
Religion in Early Modern Japan/Duncan Ryuken Williams
Religion in the Modern Period/Hayashi Makoto
Contemporary Japanese Religions/Shimazono Susumu
Themes
The Ritual Culture of Japan: Symbolism, Ritual, and the Arts/Richard K. Payne
Literature and Scripture/Robert E. Morrell
State and Religion in Japan/Helen Hardacre
Geography, Environment, Pilgrimage/Barbara Ambros
History of Thought in Japan/Thomas P.Kasulis
Gender Issues in Japanese Religions/Kawahashi Noriko
Research
Japanese Reference Works, Sources, and Libraries/Makino Yasuko
Using Archives in the Study of Japanese Religions/Brian O. Ruppert
Conducting Fieldwork on Japanese Religions/Scott Schnell

Chronology
A Chronology of Religion in Japan/William M. Bodiford
Contributors
Index

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