| Description |
189 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Note |
" ... originally written and published in Danish by Esben Andreasen and Finn Stefánsson. It has been thoroughly revised for English publication by these authors and Ian Reader ..."--Preface. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-185) and index. |
| Contents |
Meeting Japanese culture -- Reading no. 1. Japan, the pure land: the impressions of a visitor / Finn Stefánsson -- Reading no. 2. The Japanese language / Aasulv Lande -- Reading no. 3. Normative values: on, giri, ninjō / Harumi Befu -- Reading no. 4. Shame cultures and guilt cultures / Ruth Benedict -- Reading no. 5. Sin and shame / Takeo Doi -- Japanese religions: an introduction / Esben Andreasen -- Folk religion / Ian Reader -- Reading no. 6. Oracle from Kannon in the Reizan temple -- Reading no. 7. The straw millionaire: from a cartoon about Kannon, 1984 -- Reading no. 8. Jizo bon: a cartoon about Jizo -- Shinto / Ian Reader -- Reading no. 9. Extracts from the Kojiki: selections from the translation of the Kojiki by Donald Philippi, with appended commentary on the text by Ian Reader -- Reading no. 10. The meaning of kami / Daniel Holtom -- Reading no. 11. Ise, the sun shrine / Svend Hvass -- Reading no. 12. A pilgrimage to Ise / Saka -- Reading no. 13. Meiji Jingu and the traditional plan of a Shinto shrine / Finn Stefánsson -- Reading no. 14. Norito: a Shinto prayer of exorcism -- Reading no. 15. Norito: a prayer for good crops -- Buddhism / Ian Reader -- Reading no. 16. From the Lutus Sutra: the revelation of the Mahāyāna -- Reading no. 17. Shingon Buddhist mandalas / Finn Stefánsson -- Reading no. 18. Sokushinjobutsu: 'becoming a Buddha in this lifetime': from the legend of Kukai -- Reading no. 19. Portrait of Kobo Daishi -- Reading no. 20. Honen's last testament -- Reading no. 21. Nichiren's teaching -- Reading no. 22. The ox-herding pictures / Aage Marcus -- Reading no. 23. An ordinary day in the Zen temple of Daishuin / Poul Erik Pilmann -- Reading no. 24. Zazen: sitting meditation for beginners / Poul Erik Pilmann -- Reading no. 25. Ten haiku -- Reading no. 26. The Garden of Emptiness, the rock garden at Ryoanji / Finn Stefánsson -- Reading no. 27. Zen in the art of archery / Eugen Herrigel -- The new religions of Japan -- Readings from Tenrikyo. Reading no. 28. From the Ofudesaki of Nakayama Miki -- Reading no. 29. The shrine of Tsukihi (excerpts) -- Reading no. 30. Oyasato: Tenrikyo's headquarters -- Reading no. 31. On medical care and the causes of illness: from a Tenrikyo brochure -- Reading no. 32. Spiritual counselling in Tenrikyo / Hisanori Kontani -- Readings from Itto-en. Reading no. 33. Ho-en: the Rokuman Gyogan prayer -- Reading no. 34. Itto-en statues / Finn Stefánsson -- Reading no. 35. The morning walk from Kosenrin / Finn Stefánsson -- Readings from Soka Gakkai [1960s]. Reading no. 36. The objective of the Soka Gakkai -- Reading no. 37. 'Vision of a peaceful world': readings from Soka Gakkai [1992] -- Readings from Rissho Kosei-kai. Reading no. 38. Rissho Kosei-kai: veneration -- Reading no. 39. Rissho Kosei-kai: Hoza: circle of compassion -- Readings from Seicho-no-ie. Reading no. 40. Holy mission of Seicho-no-ie -- Reading no. 41. Seicho-no-ie: summary of the teachings -- Reading no. 42. From Mahikari: how does Mahikari, the divine spiritual radiation, change our daily lives? -- Christianity in Japan / Ian Reader -- Reading no. 43. Christianity's 'three waves' / Aasulv Lande -- Religion and politics in Japan / Ian Reader -- Reading no. 44. The seventeen-article constitution of Prince Shotoku -- Reading no. 45. Motoori Norinaga: on the emperor and Japan -- Reading no. 46. Imperial rescript on education -- Reading no. 47. Extract from a textbook on ethics from the 1930s -- Reading no. 48. Directive for the disestablishment of state Shinto: orders from the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers to the Japanese Government [extracts] -- Reading no. 49. Imperial rescript on the reconstruction of new Japan [1 January, 1946] -- Reading no. 50. Japanese Shintoism: the implicit resurgence of national religion / National Council of Churches (1984). |
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Japan -- Religion.
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Religion. (OCoLC)fst01093763
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Japan. (OCoLC)fst01204082
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religion japonaise -- études diverses.
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religion japonaise nouvelle -- études diverses.
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Religion.
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Geschichte.
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Japan.
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| Indexed Term |
Geschichte 1945-1991 |
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Japan Religion |
| Added Author |
Andreasen, Esben.
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Stefánsson, Finn, 1942-
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Rogers D. Spotswood Collection. TxSaTAM
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Reader, Ian, 1949- Japanese religions. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, ©1993 (OCoLC)621659801 |
| ISBN |
0824815459 |
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9780824815455 |
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0824815467 (pbk.) |
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9780824815462 (pbk.) |
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