A New History of Shinto Hardcover - 2010 - 1st Edition

Name: A New History of Shinto
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Author: Mark Teeuwen John Breen
ISBN: 9781405155151

by John Breen; Mark Teeuwen

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From the publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Details

Title A New History of Shinto
Author John Breen; Mark Teeuwen
Binding Hardcover
Edition number 1st
Edition 1
Pages 280
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
Date 2010
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
ISBN 9781405155151 / 1405155159
Weight 1.01 lbs (0.46 kg)
Dimensions 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.8 in (21.59 x 14.22 x 2.03 cm)
Library of Congress subjects Shinto - History
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009029982
Dewey Decimal Code 299.561

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).