Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0824830024 ISBN 13 : 9780824830021

Editeur : University of Hawai'i Press, 2005

Synopsis

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The Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions combines, for the first time in any language, state-of-the-field theoretical and critical discussions with concrete resources students and scholars need to conduct research on Japanese religions. Even seasoned scholars typically approach their research in an unsystematic manner, becoming familiar with a particular area of inquiry while remaining largely unaware of what exists in the rest of the field. This inefficient method hinders particularly less-experienced researchers and circumscribes their lines of inquiry. The Nanzan Guide provides both beginners and specialists with a reference that will serve as a basic introduction to Japanese religions and allow them to conduct research more proficiently and in greater depth.

Overlapping and thought-provoking chapters, written by leading specialists, offer a variety of perspectives on the complicated and multifaceted field of Japanese religions. The essays are divided into four sections: religious traditions (Japanese religions in general, Shinto, Buddhism, folk religion, new religions, Christianity); the history of Japanese religions (ancient, classical, medieval, early modern, modern, contemporary); major themes (symbolism, ritual and the arts, literature and scripture, state and religion, geography and environment, intellectual history, gender); and "practical" essays (finding references and using libraries, working with archive collections, conducting fieldwork). A chronology of religion in Japanese history is also provided.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Paul L. Swanson is a Permanent Research Fellow at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, Nanzan University.

Clark Chilson is assistant professor of religion at Pacific Lutheran University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Hawai'i Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0824830024
• ISBN 13: 9780824830021
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 432
• Éditeur: Swanson Paul L., Chilson Clark
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible