Author: Carmen BlackerPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9781873410929
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Carmen Blacker's writings on Japan focus on religion, myth and folklore.
Collected Writings of Carmen Blacker
Author: Carmen BlackerPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9781873410929
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Carmen Blacker's writings on Japan focus on religion, myth and folklore.
Carmen Blacker - Collected Writings
Author: Carmen BlackerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113425153X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
This volume of the Collected Writings of Modern Western Scholars on Japan brings together the work of Carmen Blacker, who wrote extensively on religion, myth and folklore.
Collected Writings of Sir Hugh Cortazzi
Author: Hugh CortazziPublisher:
ISBN: 9784931444270
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
The Promise of Salvation
Author: Martin RiesebrodtPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226713946
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Why has religion persisted across the course of human history? Secularists have predicted the end of faith for a long time, but religions continue to attract followers. Meanwhile, scholars of religion have expanded their field to such an extent that we lack a basic framework for making sense of the chaos of religious phenomena. To remedy this state of affairs, Martin Riesebrodt here undertakes a task that is at once simple and monumental: to define, understand, and explain religion as a universal concept. Instead of propounding abstract theories, Riesebrodt concentrates on the concrete realities of worship, examining religious holidays, conversion stories, prophetic visions, and life-cycle events. In analyzing these practices, his scope is appropriately broad, taking into consideration traditions in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Daoism, and Shinto. Ultimately, Riesebrodt argues, all religions promise to avert misfortune, help their followers manage crises, and bring both temporary blessings and eternal salvation. And, as The Promise of Salvation makes clear through abundant empirical evidence, religion will not disappear as long as these promises continue to help people cope with life.
Traversing Boundaries
Author: Irene Hong-Hong LinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddhism
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
The Pacific World
Author: Monumenta Nipponica
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization, Oriental
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
Includes section "Reviews".
Japanese Women Emerging from Subservience, 1868-1945
Author: Hiroko TomidaPublisher: Women in Japanese History
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
This volume contains some of the most recent findings in the field of Japanese women's history in Japan, Australia, the United States and the UK, and introduces new approaches to studying Japanese women's history.
THE MANDALA OF THE MOUNTAIN
Author: 宮家準Publisher: 慶應義塾大学出版会
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
山岳を神霊、霊地として崇める修験道。修験道や日本の民俗宗教学の第一人者である宮家準氏の6つの論考を収載。「情報社会における日本の民俗宗教」から始まり、現代における民俗宗教のあり方と意義、修験道の歴史、修験道の修行や哲学思想など、日本の宗教学・宗教史、民俗学に興味のある海外の読者へ丁寧に解き明かし、解説する。臨場感あふれる図版を20点ほど掲載。巻末に欧文と日本語対応のインデックスを付す。
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