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Essentials of Shinto An Analytical Guide to Principal Teachings
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Stuart D.B. Picken
Book Code: PES/
ISBN: 0-313-26431-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-26431-3
440 pages, figures, glossary,
Greenwood Press
Publication: 11/30/1994
List Price: $146.95 (UK Sterling Price: £85.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • A useful, if eccentric, volume that serves both as a historical introduction and a topical handbook of Shinto. Valuable to advanced undergraduates, graduate students, faculty.
    —
    Choice
  • Rather than telling a single story, the chapters are independent essays that can usefully be studied separately. Taken together, they form an encyclopedic compendium on this complex socio/reglious phenomenon. Picken has created a reference work that is indispensable for scholars of Asian, and comparative, religion and which is helpful for improving our understanding of this neglected tradition.
    —
    Canadian Philosophical Reviews
  • Rating: Excellent: Recommended as an admirable reference book to the chief outlines of the religion.
    —The Reader's Review
Description: Shinto is finally receiving the attention it deserves as a fundamental component of Japanese culture. Nevertheless, it remains a remarkably complex and elusive phenomenon to which Western categories of religion do not readily apply. A knowledge of Shinto can only proceed from a basic understanding of Japanese shrines and civilization, for it is closely intermingled with the Japanese way of life and continues to be a vital natural religion. This book is a convenient guide to Shinto thought. As a reference work, the volume does not offer a detailed critical study of all aspects of Shinto. Instead, it overviews the essential teachings of Shinto and provides the necessary cultural and historical context for understanding Shinto as a dynamic force in Japanese civilization. The book begins with an historical overview of Shinto, followed by a discussion of Japanese myths. The volume then discusses the role of shrines, which are central to Shinto rituals. Other portions of the book discuss the various Shinto sects and the evolution of Shinto from the Heian period to the present. Because Japanese terms are central to Shinto, the work includes a glossary.
Table of Contents:
  • Guide to Romanization of Japanese Words
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • History And Mythology
  • Historical Aspects of the Development of Shinto
  • Mythology
  • Imperial Household Shinto
  • Jinja Shinto
  • Shrines and Kami
  • Shrine Buildings (Jinja Shaden)
  • Rituals, Festivals (Matsuri), Liturgies (Norito), and thue Shinto Priesthood
  • Shinto Sects
  • Ky=oha (Sect) and Ts=wzoku (Folk) Shinto
  • Shinto and the New Religions
  • Shinto Thought
  • Academic Shinto
  • Shinto Ideas and Western Thought
  • Glossary of Japanese Terms and Expressions
  • Select Bibliography and Research Resources in English
  • Index
LC Card Number: 93-40619
LCC Class: BL2220
Dewey Class: 299
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