Shinto A Short History【電子書籍】

＜p＞＜em＞Shinto - A Short History＜/em＞ provides an introductory outline of the historical development of Shinto from the ancient period of Japanese history until the present day.＜br /＞ Shinto does not offer a readily identifiable set of teachings, rituals or beliefs; individual shrines and kami deities have led their own lives, not within the confines of a narrowly defined Shinto, but rather as participants in a religious field that included Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian and folk elements. Thus, this book approaches Shinto as a series of historical 'religious systems' rather than attempting to identify a timeless 'Shinto essence'.＜br /＞ This history focuses on three aspects of Shinto practice: the people involved in shrine worship, the institutional networks that ensured continuity, and teachings and rituals. By following the interplay between these aspects in different periods, a pattern of continuity and discontinuity is revealed that challenges received understandings of the history of ．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る