Japanese Religion and Society: Paradigms of Structure and Change - Brossura

Davis, Winston

Brossura

ISBN 10: 079140840X ISBN 13: 9780791408407

Casa editrice: SUNY Press, 1992

Riassunto

"It provides in one place and under one cover useful studies featuring the important interrelationship between religion and society, or -- to put it more correctly-- Japanese religio-social reality." -- Richard B. Pilgrim, Syracuse University

"This is a solid piece of work, and the topic is significant, in fact, timely, in several regards. First, there is much attention today on Japan and the secret of its cultural and social makeup. Second, there is the question of whether to accept the 'uniqueness' argument of Japan's mystique (which Davis rejects), or if so, which theory is best able to account for the nature of Japan--to which question Davis provides some interesting insights. This book offers a thoroughly researched, carefully analyzed, and thoughtfully interpreted and sustained critical assessment of Japanese religion and the Japanese and Western scholarship on the subject. It not only opens up the Japanese phenomenon in an insightful way, but also raises interesting theoretical questions about the study of religion and society." -- Byron Earhart, Western Michigan University

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Winston Davis, Wilson-Craven Professor of Religion at Southwestern University, is author of Dojo: Magic and Exorcism in Modern Japan.

Product Description:

Book by Davis Winston

Su questa edizione

• Editore: SUNY Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 079140840X
• ISBN 13: 9780791408407
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 340