Author: Carmen Blacker
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9781873410929
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Carmen Blacker's writings on Japan focus on religion, myth and folklore.
Collected Writings of Carmen Blacker
Author: Carmen Blacker
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9781873410929
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Carmen Blacker's writings on Japan focus on religion, myth and folklore.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9781873410929
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Carmen Blacker's writings on Japan focus on religion, myth and folklore.
Carmen Blacker - Collected Writings
Author: Carmen Blacker
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113425153X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
This volume of the Collected Writings of Modern Western Scholars on Japan brings together the work of Carmen Blacker, who wrote extensively on religion, myth and folklore.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113425153X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
This volume of the Collected Writings of Modern Western Scholars on Japan brings together the work of Carmen Blacker, who wrote extensively on religion, myth and folklore.
Collected Writings of Sir Hugh Cortazzi
Author: Hugh Cortazzi
Publisher:
ISBN: 9784931444270
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9784931444270
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
The Promise of Salvation
Author: Martin Riesebrodt
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226713946
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Why has religion persisted across the course of human history? Secularists have predicted the end of faith for a long time, but religions continue to attract followers. Meanwhile, scholars of religion have expanded their field to such an extent that we lack a basic framework for making sense of the chaos of religious phenomena. To remedy this state of affairs, Martin Riesebrodt here undertakes a task that is at once simple and monumental: to define, understand, and explain religion as a universal concept. Instead of propounding abstract theories, Riesebrodt concentrates on the concrete realities of worship, examining religious holidays, conversion stories, prophetic visions, and life-cycle events. In analyzing these practices, his scope is appropriately broad, taking into consideration traditions in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Daoism, and Shinto. Ultimately, Riesebrodt argues, all religions promise to avert misfortune, help their followers manage crises, and bring both temporary blessings and eternal salvation. And, as The Promise of Salvation makes clear through abundant empirical evidence, religion will not disappear as long as these promises continue to help people cope with life.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226713946
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Why has religion persisted across the course of human history? Secularists have predicted the end of faith for a long time, but religions continue to attract followers. Meanwhile, scholars of religion have expanded their field to such an extent that we lack a basic framework for making sense of the chaos of religious phenomena. To remedy this state of affairs, Martin Riesebrodt here undertakes a task that is at once simple and monumental: to define, understand, and explain religion as a universal concept. Instead of propounding abstract theories, Riesebrodt concentrates on the concrete realities of worship, examining religious holidays, conversion stories, prophetic visions, and life-cycle events. In analyzing these practices, his scope is appropriately broad, taking into consideration traditions in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Daoism, and Shinto. Ultimately, Riesebrodt argues, all religions promise to avert misfortune, help their followers manage crises, and bring both temporary blessings and eternal salvation. And, as The Promise of Salvation makes clear through abundant empirical evidence, religion will not disappear as long as these promises continue to help people cope with life.
The Pacific World
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddhism
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddhism
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
Traversing Boundaries
Author: Irene Hong-Hong Lin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddhism
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddhism
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Monumenta Nipponica
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization, Oriental
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
Includes section "Reviews".
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization, Oriental
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
Includes section "Reviews".
Japanese Women Emerging from Subservience, 1868-1945
Author: Hiroko Tomida
Publisher: Women in Japanese History
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
This volume contains some of the most recent findings in the field of Japanese women's history in Japan, Australia, the United States and the UK, and introduces new approaches to studying Japanese women's history.
Publisher: Women in Japanese History
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
This volume contains some of the most recent findings in the field of Japanese women's history in Japan, Australia, the United States and the UK, and introduces new approaches to studying Japanese women's history.
Zinbun
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Immortal Wishes
Author: Ellen Schattschneider
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
An ethnography of female asceticism and spiritual practice in Japan.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
An ethnography of female asceticism and spiritual practice in Japan.