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 Religions of Japan Many Traditions within One Sacred Way
H. Byron Earhart
An exploration into the vitality and richness of Japanese religious life! Distinguished scholar and teacher H. Byron Earhart provides a fresh, firsthand look at Japanese religious life, sensitively distilling its unique characteristics. Within the larger framework of the distinctive Japanese religious heritage, Earhart explains the major traditions; provides a historical-cultural context; examines objects of worship—kami (“gods”), Buddhas, ancestors, and holy persons; interprets Japanese concepts of worship reflected in views on society, space, time, and human life; and assesses the general worldview created by the individual traditions taken as a whole. Religions of Japan is enriched by the author’s fieldwork, which brings an immediacy to his description of a traditional rural community festival and the life story of a member of a new religion in a modern urban setting. The result is an insider’s view of Japanese religious life today, showing its vitality and the richness and distinctiveness of its impressive heritage.
 $15.50 list, 142 pages 10-digit ISBN: 1-57766-008-0 13-digit ISBN: 978-1-57766-008-8 © 1984 Table of Contents
Table of Japanese Religious History 1. Introduction: Japan and Japanese Religion 2. The Historical Development of Japanese Religion 3. The World of Worship 4. Japanese Religion’s World View 5. The Dynamics of Japanese Religion 6. Conclusion: The Contemporary Religious Situation Notes Glossary Selected Reading List |
