Shinto - Simple Guides - Softcover

Reader, Ian

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ISBN 10: 1857334337 ISBN 13: 9781857334333

Verlag: Kuperard, 2006

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"Simple Guides Shinto" provides a concise and accessible introduction to Shinto. Written without bias, this guide presents engaging descriptions of the key concepts, beliefs and practices. Pocket sized and presented in an accessible format with clearly organised topics, enabling you to quickly grasp the essence of Shinto. This guide is a reliable point of reference for further exploration and discovery.

Biografía del autor:

Ian Reader has been teaching and researching on the religions of Japan for many years. His PhD on Japanese Buddhism was gained at the University of Leeds in 1983, after which he and his wife Dorothy lived and worked in Japan for almost six years. Since 1989 he has been a member of the Scottish Centre for Japanese Studies at the University of Stirling, Scotland. He also spent a year as a Visiting Professor at the University of Hawaii in 1992 93. For three years from August 1995 he lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he was a Senior Research Fellow at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. Amongst his books are Religion in Contemporary Japan (Macmillan, 1991); Pilgrimage in Popular Culture (edited with Tony Walter, Macmillan, 1993) and A Poisonous Cocktail? Aum Shinrikyo- s Path to Violence (NIAS Books, Copenhagen 1996)."

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• Verlag: Kuperard
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1857334337
• ISBN 13: 9781857334333
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 146