Historical Dictionary of Shinto (Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies and Movements)
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.; Scarecrow Press
Published: February 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780810840164
Subjects: History; Reference works; Shintoism; Religion; Religion - World Religions; Asia - General; History / Asia; Reference; Dictionaries; Japanese; Japanese language; Shinto
Description: A guide to the history of the Shinto tradition identifies principal historical and mythological names, relationships of Shinto to Japanese culture as a whole, principal beliefs of the religion, new religions that have a basis in Shinto, and more.