Introducing Japanese Religion

By Robert Ellwood

Introducing Japanese Religion is the ideal resource for students who are beginning their studies in the religious traditions of Japan. It offers a living picture of...

Published November 8th 2007 by Routledge.

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Pilgrimages and Spiritual Quests in Japan

Edited by Peter Ackermann, Dolores Martinez, Maria Rodriguez del Alisal

This exciting new book is a detailed examination of pilgrimages in Japan, including the meanings of travel, transformation, and the discovery of identity through encounters...

Published March 6th 2007 by Routledge.

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Psychotherapy and Religion in Japan

The Japanese Introspection Practice of Naikan

By Chikako Ozawa-de Silva

Naikan is a Japanese psychotherapeutic method which combines meditation-like body engagement with the recovery of memory and the reconstruction of one's autobiography in order to...

Published August 16th 2006 by Routledge.

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Japanese Religions at Home and Abroad

Anthropological Perspectives

By Hirochika Nakamaki

In this important book, a leading authority on Japanese religions brings together for the first time in English his extensive work on the subject. The...

Published April 6th 2006 by Routledge.

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Daoism in History

Essays in Honour of Liu Ts'un-yan

Edited by Benjamin Penny

Over the last decade there has been a marked increase in the study of Daoism especially in Japan, China and the West, with a new...

Published March 17th 2006 by Routledge.

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Buddhist Hagiography in Early Japan

Images of Compassion in the Gyoki Tradition

By Jonathan Morris Augustine

Hagiographies or idealized biographies which recount the lives of saints, bodhisattvas and other charismatic figures have been the meeting place for myth and experience. In...

Published October 28th 2004 by Routledge.

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Taoism

The Enduring Tradition

By Russell Kirkland

This clear and reliable introduction to Taoism (also known as Daoism) brings a fresh dimension to a tradition that has found a natural place in...

Published April 22nd 2004 by Routledge.

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Chinese Death Rituals in Singapore

By Tong Chee Kiong

Through a cultural analysis of the symbols of death - flesh, blood, bones, souls, time numbers, food and money - Chinese Death Rituals in Singapore...

Published March 25th 2004 by Routledge.

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Shinto

A Short History

Edited by Nobutaka Inoue, Endo Jun, Mori Mizue, Ito Satoshi

Shinto - A Short History provides an introductory outline of the historical development of Shinto from the ancient period of Japanese history until the present...

Published May 29th 2003 by Routledge.

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Linguistic Strategies in Daoist Zhuangzi and Chan Buddhism

The Other Way of Speaking

By Youru Wang

As the first systematic attempt to probe the linguistic strategies of Daoist Zhuangzi and Chan Buddhism, this book investigates three areas: deconstructive strategy, liminology of...

Published April 17th 2003 by Routledge.

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