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Shugendo: Essays on the Structure of Japanese Folk Religion Volume 32
Contributor(s): Miyake, Hitoshi (Author), Earhart, H. (Editor)

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 ISBN: 1929280386     ISBN-13: 9781929280384
Publisher: U of M Center for Japanese Studies
OUR PRICE: $27.30  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 2007
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General
- Religion
- Social Science | Anthropology - General
Series: Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" L (0.95 lbs) 322 pages
 
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This volume of essays is the first comprehensive publication in English of the work of Miyake Hitoshi, a distinguished scholar of Shugendo (mountain asceticism) and one of the foremost researchers on Japanese folk religion. Miyake defines folk religion as "religion that merges from the necessities of community life." In Miyake's systematic methodological and theoretical approach, Shugendo is a classic example of Japanese folk religion, for it blends many traditions (shamanism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Shinto) into a distinctive Japanese religious worldview and is typical of Japanese religion generally.The first part of this book is devoted to Shugendo's history, organization, ritual, austerities, thought, and cosmology. Related subjects include exorcism and the exclusion of women. The second part of the book provides research and reflection on Japanese folk religion, including essays on the idea of nature, worldly benefits, new religions, death and rebirth, and the structure of folk religion. Shugendo: Essays on the Structure of Japanese Folk Religion clarifies much of the logic behind Japanese religious syncretism. It is essential reading not only for those interested in Japanese history, culture, and religion but also for those studying world religions and folk culture.
 
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