num_pages: 475
description: Tracing Japan's religions from the Hein Period through the middle ages and into modernity, this book explores the unique establishment of Shinto, Buddhism, and Confucianism in Japan, as well as the later influence of Roman Catholicism, and the problem of Restoration--both spiritual and material--following World War II.
language: English
title: Religion in Japanese History
titlecomplete: Religion in Japanese History (American Lectures on the History of Religions)
genres: Religion, Japan, History
ratings_count: 16
series: American Lectures on the History of Religions
publisher: Columbia University Press