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A Year in the Life of a Shinto Shrine
John K. Nelson
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| #722568 in Books | 1996-04-01 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.21 x.66 x6.14l,1.08 | File type: PDF | 288 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A really good introduction to Shinto perspective and sensibility.|By Mark A|This is a great treatment of the activity of a prominent Shinto shrine. Professor Nelson covers the subject thoroughly and in a very readable style. I especially found his liberal perspective insightful and informative.|30 of 30 people found the following review helpful.|From Publishers Weekly|Nelson, who teaches Asian studies at the University of Texas at Austin and who has lived and taught in Japan, offers a richly detailed, anecdotal study of Shintoism-the ancient, distinctively Japanese religion often misunderstood by the We
What we today call Shinto has been at the heart of Japanese culture for almost as long as there has been a political entity distinguishing itself as Japan. A Year in the Life of a Shinto Shrine describes the ritual cycle at Suwa Shrine, Nagasaki’s major Shinto shrine. Conversations with priests, other shrine personnel, and people attending shrine functions supplement John K. Nelson’s observations of over fifty shrine rituals and festivals. He elicits t...
You easily download any file type for your device.A Year in the Life of a Shinto Shrine | John K. Nelson.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
