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Introducing Japanese Religion by Robert Ellwood Second Edition Routledge
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- Condition
- Subject
- Buddhism / General (See Also Philosophy / Buddhist), General, Eastern
- ISBN
- 9781138958760
- Subject Area
- Religion
- Publication Name
- Introducing Japanese Religion
- Item Length
- 9.7 in
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Series
- World Religions Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Width
- 6.9 in
- Item Weight
- 21.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 292 Pages
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Now in its Second Edition, Introducing Japanese Religion is the ideal resource for undergraduate students. This edition features new material on folk and popular religion, including shamanism, festivals, and practices surrounding death and funerals. Robert Ellwood also updates the text to discuss recent events, such as religious responses to the Fukushima disaster. Introducing Japanese Religion includes illustrations, lively quotations from original sources, learning goals, summary boxes, questions for discussion, suggestions for further reading, and a glossary to aid study and revision. The accompanying website for this book is available at www.routledge.com/cw/ellwood.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
113895876x
ISBN-13
9781138958760
eBay Product ID (ePID)
8038543184
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Introducing Japanese Religion
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Buddhism / General (See Also Philosophy / Buddhist), General, Eastern
Publication Year
2016
Series
World Religions Ser.
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion
Number of Pages
292 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.7 in
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Width
6.9 in
Item Weight
21.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
2
Lc Classification Number
Bl2202.3.E45 2016
Edition Description
Revised Edition,New Edition
Reviews
"The second edition of Robert Ellwood's Introducing Japanese Religions is a superb enhancement to his already wonderful first edition, providing exciting new insights and additions which creatively update our understanding of the complex history and development of Japanese religious life. There is much new material on Japanese folk and popular religion, as well as electronic resources that are now available to students. The reflections of Professor Ellwood's long and distinguished career continue to intrigue students and scholars alike. This new edition is quite simply a great text for comprehensive courses on Japanese religion." Charles S. Prebish, Utah State University, USA, "The second edition of Robert Ellwood's Introducing Japanese Religions is a superb enhancement to his already wonderful first edition, providing exciting new insights and additions which creatively update our understanding of the complex history and development of Japanese religious life. There is much new material on Japanese folk and popular religion, as well as electronic resources that are now available to students. The reflections of Professor Ellwood's long and distinguished career continue to intrigue students and scholars alike. This new edition is quite simply a great text for comprehensive courses on Japanese religion." Charles S. Prebish, Utah State University, USA This second edition of Ellwood's introduction to Japanese religion is an expansive improvement of the first edition (2008). The present volume provides more detail by bringing to light the rich complexity of the religious experience of the Japanese people from ancient times--before the introduction of Chinese religious traditions--to the 21st century, with its complex mix of religious and secular ideas and practices.This edition also provides new material on folk and popular religion, particularly shamanism, festivals, and practices surrounding death and funerals. Quotations from original sources, suggestions for further reading, and a glossary further enhance this edition's value as an introduction to the religious history of Japan. P. O. Ingram, Pacific Lutheran University (Emeritus).January 2017 issue of CHOICE he rich complexity of the religious experience of the Japanese people from ancient times--before the introduction of Chinese religious traditions--to the 21st century, with its complex mix of religious and secular ideas and practices.This edition also provides new material on folk and popular religion, particularly shamanism, festivals, and practices surrounding death and funerals. Quotations from original sources, suggestions for further reading, and a glossary further enhance this edition's value as an introduction to the religious history of Japan. P. O. Ingram, Pacific Lutheran University (Emeritus).January 2017 issue of CHOICE, "The second edition of Robert Ellwood's Introducing Japanese Religions is a superb enhancement to his already wonderful first edition, providing exciting new insights and additions which creatively update our understanding of the complex history and development of Japanese religious life. There is much new material on Japanese folk and popular religion, as well as electronic resources that are now available to students. The reflections of Professor Ellwood's long and distinguished career continue to intrigue students and scholars alike. This new edition is quite simply a great text for comprehensive courses on Japanese religion." Charles S. Prebish, Utah State University, USA This second edition of Ellwood's introduction to Japanese religion is an expansive improvement of the first edition (2008). The present volume provides more detail by bringing to light the rich complexity of the religious experience of the Japanese people from ancient times--before the introduction of Chinese religious traditions--to the 21st century, with its complex mix of religious and secular ideas and practices.This edition also provides new material on folk and popular religion, particularly shamanism, festivals, and practices surrounding death and funerals. Quotations from original sources, suggestions for further reading, and a glossary further enhance this edition's value as an introduction to the religious history of Japan. P. O. Ingram, Pacific Lutheran University (Emeritus). January 2017 issue of CHOICE
Table of Content
1. Encountering the Japanese religious world 2. The past in the present: vignettes of Japanese spiritual life 3. The way of the kami : Shinto then and now. Interlude: introduction to Buddhism 5. Magic mountains and the old court: Heian Buddhism and its culture 6. Warrior culture, simple faith: the Kamakura Buddhist reformation 7. Swords and satori : Zen and its culture 8. Christ and Confucius: the West arrives, and then Japan turns inward 9. The rising sun and the dark valley: from the Meiji Restoration until 1945 10. Chanting and dancing: Shugendo and the "new religions" of Japan 11. Pilgrimages: religion in Japan 1945 to the present
Copyright Date
2016
Target Audience
College Audience
Dewey Decimal
200.952
Dewey Edition
23
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