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Author: Brian Bocking
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-09-30
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 1135797382
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive glossary and reference work with more than a thousand entries on Shinto ranging from brief definitions and Japanese terms to short essays dealing with aspects of Shinto practice, belief and institutions from early times up to the present day.
Author: Kenneth Henshall
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2013-11-07
Total Pages: 630
ISBN-13: 0810878720
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Historical Dictionary of Japan to 1945 spans the entire period from the earliest evidence of human habitation in Japan through to the end of the Pacific War. It includes substantial topics such as cultural and literary history, with entries ranging from aesthetics to various genres of writing. Other branches of history also feature, such as economic history, industrial history, political history, and so forth. And of course there are the makers of Japanese history, ranging from emperors and shoguns to politicians and extremists – as well as foreign arrivals. The early history of Japan is told through a detailed chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, an extensive bibliography, and over 800 cross-referenced dictionary entries on important people, organizations, activities, and events. The Historical Dictionary of Japan to 1945 will appeal to both academics and the general public who have an interest in Japan, particularly those who want reliable information quickly and easily.
Author: Stuart D.B. Picken
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2010-12-28
Total Pages: 412
ISBN-13: 0810873729
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of Japan's major religions, Shinto has no doctrines and there are no sacred texts from which religious authority can be derived. It does not have an identifiable historical founder, and it has survived the vicissitudes of history through rituals and symbols rather than through continuity of doctrine. Shinto is primarily a religion of nature, centered on the cultivation of rice, the basis of a culture with which the western world is not familiar in terms of either its annual cycle or the kind of lifestyle it generates. The roots of the Shinto tradition probably precede this and reflect an awareness of the natural order. The oldest shrines came to be located in places that inspired awe and wonder in their observers, such as the great Fall of Nachi in Kumano, or in mountains that conveyed a sense of power. The expanded second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Shinto relates the history of Shinto through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 800 cross-referenced dictionary entries on Shinto concepts, significant figures, places, activities, and periods. Scholars and students will find the overviews and sources for further research provided by this book to be enormously helpful.
Author: Stuart D. b. Picken
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2002-01-15
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 0810866153
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis dictionary contains entries which identify the principal historical and mythological names that are central to the Shinto tradition but also demonstrate the relationship of Shinto to Japanese culture. Subjects covered include: the relationship of Shi.
Author: Helen Hardacre
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 721
ISBN-13: 0190621710
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHelen Hardacre offers for the first time in any language a sweeping, comprehensive history of Shinto, the tradition that is practiced by some 80% of the Japanese people and underlies the institution of the Emperor.
Author: Stuart D.B. Picken
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 0810872242
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCalvinism is named after 16th century Reformer, John Calvin whose overall theology is contained in his Institutes of the Christian Religion (1559). Calvin's theology and ecclesiology provided the foundation upon which the Reformed Churches of Europewere built. It was a comprehensive and carefully expounded alternative to the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church and was designed to expose their weaknesses and present a view of the Christian Faith that was a reformed version of the old faith. TheHistorical Dictionary of Calvinism relates the history of its founder John Calvin, the Reformed Church, and the impact that Calvinism has had in the modern world along with an account of modern and contemporary developments within the religious, political, and social culture it has created. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries on concepts, significant figures, places, activities, and periods. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Calvinism.
Author: John Renard
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780809140916
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA reader-friendly introduction to the history, beliefs, structures and practices of three major indigenous religious traditions of East Asia -- Confucianism, Daoism and Shinto.
Author: Garland Hampton Cannon
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9783447037648
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 1135122393
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis concise dictionary of Judaism contains over a thousand entries describing all the key aspects of religion, culture and history in the Jewish faith. Entries range from Aaron to Zugot via Abolition, Cherub, Documentary Hypothesis, Euthenasia, Falashas, and many other interesting and essential topics. This is not only a reference tool for those who want to know more about the tradition, but a practical guide to the current Jewish interpretation of topics of universal interest. Designed for the student as well as the general reader, it deserves a place in every library and every Jewish home.
Author: Vincent F. Biondo
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2010-03-25
Total Pages: 1197
ISBN-13: 0313342792
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis intriguing three-volume set explores the ways in which religion is bound to the practice of daily life and how daily life is bound to religion. In Religion and Everyday Life and Culture, 36 international scholars describe the impact of religious practices around the world, using rich examples drawn from personal observation. Instead of repeating generalizations about what religion should mean, these volumes examine how religions actually influence our public and private lives "on the ground," on a day-to-day basis. Volume one introduces regional histories of the world's religions and discusses major ritual practices, such as the Catholic Mass and the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. Volume two examines themes that will help readers understand how religions interact with the practices of public life, describing the ways religions influence government, education, criminal justice, economy, technology, and the environment. Volume three takes up themes that are central to how religions are realized in the practices of individuals. In these essays, readers meet a shaman healer in South Africa, laugh with Buddhist monks, sing with Bob Dylan, cheer for Australian rugby, and explore Chicana and Iranian art.
