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The invention of religion in Japan /

Throughout its long history, Japan had no concept of what we call "religion." There was no corresponding Japanese word, nor anything close to its meaning. But when American warships appeared off the coast of Japan in 1853 and forced the Japanese government to sign treaties demanding, among...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Josephson, Jason Ānanda
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012, ©2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The marks of heresy : organizing difference in premodern Japan
  • Heretical anthropology
  • The arrival of religion
  • The science of the gods
  • Formations of the Shinto secular
  • Taming demons
  • Inventing Japanese religion
  • Religion within the limits.