The Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions combines, for the first time in any language, state-of-the-field theoretical and critical discussions. With concrete resources, students and scholars need to conduct research on Japanese religions. Even seasoned scholars typically approach their research in an unsystematic manner, becoming familiar with a particular area of inquiry while remaining largely unaware of what exists in the rest of the field.
目次
Japanese religions / Robert Kisala -- Shinto / Norman Havens -- Buddhism / Jacqueline I. Stone -- Folk religion / Ian Reader -- New religions / Trevor Astley -- Japanese Christianity / Mark R. Mullins -- Ancient Japan and religion / Matsumura Kazuo -- Religion in the classical period / Yoshida Kazuhiko -- The medieval period : eleventh to sixteenth centuries / William M. Bodiford -- Religion in early modern Japan / Duncan Ryūken Williams -- Religion in the modern period / Hayashi Makoto -- Contemporary Japanese religions / Shimazono Susumu -- The ritual culture of Japan : symbolism, ritual, and the arts / Richard K. Payne -- Literature and scripture / Robert E. Morrell -- State and religion in Japan / Helen Hardacre -- Geography, environment, pilgrimage / Barbara Ambros -- History of thought in Japan / Thomas P. Kasulis -- Gender issues in Japanese religions / Kawahashi Noriko -- Japanese reference works, sources, and libraries / Makino Yasuko -- Using archives in the study of Japanese religions / Brian O. Ruppert -- Conducting fieldwork on Japanese religions / Scott Schnell -- A chronology of religion in Japan / William M. Bodiford.
