Folk Religion in Japan
Continuity and Change

Edited by Joseph M. Kitagawa and Alan L. Miller
294 pages
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1 map, 12 line drawings
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5-1/2 x 8-1/2
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© 1968
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Table of Contents

Contents
I: Main Features of Folk Religion in Japan
II: Japanese Social Structure and Folk Religion
III: Nembutsu as Folk Religion
IV: Mountains and Their Importance for the Idea of the Other World
V: Japanese Shamanism
VI: The New Religions and the Survival of Shamanic Tendencies
Selected Bibliography
Index
II: Japanese Social Structure and Folk Religion
III: Nembutsu as Folk Religion
IV: Mountains and Their Importance for the Idea of the Other World
V: Japanese Shamanism
VI: The New Religions and the Survival of Shamanic Tendencies
Selected Bibliography
Index
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