London: Constable & Compant Ltd, 1921. — 83 p. The diplomat and scholar William George Aston (1841-1911) was the author of several highly regarded publications, particularly on Japanese language. Published in 1921 and based on the study of early written sources, this short work is an introduction to the history and practices of Shinto, the indigenous religion of Japan.
New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1905. — 390 p. As compared with the great religions of the world, Shinto, the old Kami cult of Japan, is decidedly rudimentary in its character. Its polytheism, the want of a Supreme Deity, the comparative absence of images and of a moral code, its feeble personifications and hesitating graps of the conception of spirit, the practical...
Oxford University Press, 2017. — 720 p. Distinguished scholar of Japanese religions and culture Helen Hardacre offers the first comprehensive history of Shinto, the ancient and vibrant tradition whose colorful rituals are still practiced today. Under the ideal of Shinto, a divinely descended emperor governs through rituals offered to deities called Kami. These rituals are...
Abingdon, U.K.: Routledge, 2010. — xiii, 329 p. This classic work, long out of print, was the first detailed study of modern Shinto, the religion of Japan, in both its state and sect forms, and is of particular interest for its account of the evolution of Shinto into a vital political force in the period leading up to World War II. After describing the early and medieval forms...
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