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Bloomsbury Academic Religion, Power, and the Rise of Shinto in Early Modern Japan (Bloomsbury Shinto Studies)

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Review [T]he expertise brought by the authors provides a valuable resource for scholars of this period, and the diverse topics covered show that the relationship of Shinto with institutional power in the Edo period is multifaceted and does not lend itself to any sort of simple, linear progression building up to the eventual centralization of shrines. ― Reading ReligionThis collection represents the highest standards of research on Shinto and should become required reading for Japanese studies. ― Helen Hardacre, Professor of Japanese Religions and Society, Harvard University, USAReligion, Power, and the Rise of Shinto in Early Modern Japan makes a field-transforming contribution by highlighting the 17th century as a key moment, indeed a turning point, in Japanese religious history with important ramifications for the history of Shinto and government religious policy. ― Luke Roberts, Professor of History, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Product Description This book sheds new light on the relationship between religion and state in early modern Japan, and demonstrates the growing awareness of Shinto in both the political and the intellectual elite of Tokugawa Japan, even though Buddhism remained the privileged means of stately religious control. The first part analyses how the Tokugawa government aimed to control the populace via Buddhism and at the same time submitted Buddhism to the sacralization of the Tokugawa dynasty. The second part focuses on the religious protests throughout the entire period, with chapters on the suppression of Christians, heterodox Buddhist sects, and unwanted folk practitioners. The third part tackles the question of why early Tokugawa Confucianism was particularly interested in Shinto as an alternative to Buddhism and what Shinto actually meant from a Confucian stance. The final part of the book explores attempts to curtail the institutional power of Buddhism by reforming Shinto shrines, an important step in the so called Shintoization of shrines including the development of a self-contained Shinto clergy. About the Author Stefan Koeck is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria. Brigitte Pickl-Kolaczia is a doctoral candidate at Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria. Bernhard Scheid is a senior researcher at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria.

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Brand: Bloomsbury Academic
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1350181064
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Asia > Japan
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 06 May 2021
Listed Since: 26 June 2020

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