Sokyo Ono, William P. Woodard, Sadao Sakamoto - Shinto
Sokyo Ono, William P. Woodard, Sadao Sakamoto - Shinto "An excellently rounded introduction by an eminent Shinto scholar."--Library JournalShinto, the indigenous faith of the Japanese people,…
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Sokyo Ono, William P. Woodard, Sadao Sakamoto - Shinto
"An excellently rounded introduction by an eminent Shinto scholar."--Library JournalShinto, the indigenous faith of the Japanese people, continues to fascinate and mystify both the casual visitor to Japan and the long-time resident. It is an amalgam of attitudes, ideas, and ways of doing things that through two millennia and more have become an integral part of the manner of the Japanese people. Relatively unknown among the religions of the world, Shinto: The Kami Way provides an enlightening window into this Japanese faith.In its general aspects, Shinto is more than a religious faith.
This introduction unveils Shinto's spiritual characteristics and discusses the architecture and Shinto is both a personal faith in the kami--objects of worship in Shinto and an honorific for noble, sacred spirits--and a communal way of life according to the mind of the kami.