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Eastern Religions & Philosophy: Subject Guide: Shinto

A starting point for research on Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Shinto

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The essence of Shinto : Japan’s spiritual heart by Motohisa Yamakage
Call Number: BL2221 .Y355613 2006
Location: Library North 5

ISBN: 4770030444

Explains the core values of Shinto and explores both basic tenets and its more esoteric points in terms readily accessible to the modern Western reader.
Sourcebook in Shinto : selected documents by Stuart D.B. Picken.
Call Number: BL2216.2 .P53 2004
Location: Library North 5

ISBN: 0313264325

An Analytical Guide to Principal Teachings, provides a selection of important and pivotal documents in the history of the Shinto tradition.
Shinto : the way home by Thomas P. Kasulis.
Call Number: BL2220 .K38 2004
Location: Library North 5

ISBN: 082482850X

Analyzes the experiential aspect of Shinto spirituality underlying its various ideas and practices. Also sketches several major developments in Shinto doctrines and institutions from prehistory to the present, showing how its interactions with Buddhism, Confucianism, and nationalism influenced its expression in different times and contexts.

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Historical dictionary of Shinto by Stuart D. B. Picken.
Call Number: BL2216.1 .P53 2011
Location: Library North 5

ISBN: 0810871726

Identifies the principal historical and mythological names that are central to the Shinto tradition and also demonstrates the relationship of Shinto to Japanese culture as a whole, including the relationship of Shinto to Buddhism, sex, death, ethics, Noh drama, and Folk Religion.
Shinto : origins, rituals, festivals, spirits, sacred places by C. Scott Littleton.
Call Number: BL2220 .L58 2002
Location: Library North 5

ISBN: 0195218868
Essentials of Shinto : an analytical guide to principal teachings by Stuart D.B. Picken.
Call Number: BL2220 .P47 1994 - Library North 5

ISBN: 0313264317

A series of essays providing an overview to Shinto thought.
Essentials of Shinto : an analytical guide to principal teachings by Stuart D. B. Picken
Call Number: BL2220 .P47 1994
Location: Library North 5

ISBN: 0313264317

Overviews the essential teachings of Shinto and provides the necessary cultural and historical context for understanding Shinto as a dynamic force in Japanese civilization.

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