Religion in Contemporary Japan
Ian Reader (auth.)What role does religion play in contemporary Japanese society and in the lives of Japanese people today? Through a series of case-studies of religion in action - at crowded temples and festivals, in austere Zen meditation halls, at home and work, at dramatic fire rituals - it illustrates the immense variety, energy and colour inherent in Japanese religion while discussing the continued relevance and responses of religion in a rapidly modernising and changing society.
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Jahr:
1991
Auflage:
1
Verlag:
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Sprache:
english
Seiten:
291
ISBN 10:
2342442602
ISBN 13:
9782342442601
Datei:
PDF, 37.55 MB
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english, 1991