新しい神道史 A New History of Shinto (Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion)

Breen, John/ Teeuwen, Mark

Blackwell Pub（2010/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 264 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781405155168
• DDC分類 291

基本説明

Provides the first critical history in English or Japanese of the Hie shrine, one of the most important in all Japan.

Full Description

This accessible guide to the development of Japan's indigenous religion from ancient times to the present day offers an illuminating introduction to the myths, sites and rituals of kami worship, and their role in Shinto's enduring religious identity.

Offers a unique new approach to Shinto history that combines critical analysis with original research
Examines key evolutionary moments in the long history of Shinto, including the Meiji Revolution of 1868, and provides the first critical history  in English or Japanese of the Hie shrine, one of the most important in all Japan
Traces the development of various shrines, myths, and rituals through history as uniquely diverse phenomena, exploring how and when they merged into the modern notion of Shinto that exists in Japan today
Challenges the historic stereotype of Shinto as the unchanging, all-defining core of Japanese culture

Contents

List of Illustrations vi

Conventions and Abbreviations Used in the Text vii

Prologue ix

1 An Alternative Approach to the History of Shinto 1

2 Kami Shrines, Myths, and Rituals in Premodern Times 24

3 The History of a Shrine: Hie 66

4 The History of a Myth: The Sun-Goddess and the Rock-Cave 129

5 The Daijōsai: A "Shinto" Rite of Imperial Accession 168

6 Issues in Contemporary Shinto 199

Conclusion 221

Notes 229

References 242

Index 253