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Historical Dictionary of Shinto
Stuart D. B. Picken
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Description for Historical Dictionary of Shinto
Hardback. This expanded second edition of 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. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series. Num Pages: 412 pages, maps. BIC Classification: GBC; HRKN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 217 x 31. Weight in Grams: 678.
One 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 ... Read more
One 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
Series
Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series
Number of Pages
412
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810871724
SKU
V9780810871724
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About Stuart D. B. Picken
Stuart D.B. Picken taught at the International Christian University in Tokyo, served as director of the Centre for Japanese Studies at the University of Stirling, and then concluded his career as Graduate School Dean at the Nagoya University of Commerce and Business Administration. He is currently Chair of the Japan Society of Scotland. He is a recipient of the Order ... Read more
Reviews for Historical Dictionary of Shinto
Given that so little in the way of reference literature exists in English, the publication of the second edition of Picken’s dictionary is an event that merits close attention. The dictionary begins with a chronology of important dates in and a lengthy introduction to this tradition. Of the entries that follow, those for Kami, the object of reverence in Shinto; ... Read more