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A New History of Shinto

A New History of Shinto Paperback / softback - 2010

by John Breen

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Paperback / softback. New. This accessible guide to the development of Japan's indigenous religion from ancient times to the present day offers an illuminating introduction to the myths, sites and rituals of kami worship, and their role in Shinto's enduring religious identity.
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  • Title A New History of Shinto
  • Author John Breen
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition 1st
  • Condition New
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher John Wiley & Sons
  • Date 2010-01-11
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # B9781405155168
  • ISBN 9781405155168 / 1405155167
  • Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.17 x 6.89 x 0.6 in (23.29 x 17.50 x 1.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Asian - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Shinto - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009029982
  • Dewey Decimal Code 299.561

From the rear cover

A New History of Shinto is an accessible guide to the development of Japan's indigenous religion from ancient times to the present day.

The authors explore the various shrines, myths, and rituals of pre-Shinto worship, examining the processes by which they were then interpreted as Shinto and merged into the notion of Shinto that exists in Japan today. Key moments in Shinto's long evolutionary process are identified and discussed, including the Meiji Revolution of 1868 and other crucial junctures in Japan's medieval and early modern periods. Drawing on original research, this enlightening book encapsulates Shinto's long history and continuing influence.

About the author

John Breen is Reader in Japanese at SOAS (University of London) and Associate Professor at the International Research Centre for Japanese Studies in Kyoto, where he edits the journal Japan Review. His publications include Yasukuni, the War Dead and the Struggle for Japan's Past (edited, 2008), Inoue Nobutaka, Shintō A Short History (translated and adapted with Mark Teeuwen, 2002), Shintō in History: Ways of the Kami (edited with Mark Teeuwen, 2000), and Japan and Christianity: Impacts and Responses, (edited with Mark Williams, 1996).

Mark Teeuwen is Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Oslo. As well as the books authored and edited with John Breen, he is co-editor of Buddhas and Kami in Japan: Honji Suijaku as a Combinatory Paradigm (with Fabio Rambelli, 2003) and The Culture of Secrecy in Japanese Religion (with Bernhard Scheid, 2006).