Japanese Religion A Cultural Perspective

Foreword.
Preface.
I. A PANORAMA OF JAPANESE RELIGION.
Introduction.

Moments and Memories: An Imaginary Tour.

Japanese Religion in Historical Perspective.

Countercultures.

II. SPECIFIC PATTERNS IN THE RELIGION OF JAPAN.
Religion and the Arts.

Conceptual Worlds.

Ritual and the Practice of Religion.

Religion and Society.

Japan in Change and Continuity.

Appendix: Brief Summaries of Major Japanese Religious Traditions.

Glossary.

Bibliography.

Index.

Robert S. Ellwood is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Southern California.

Richard Pilgrim is a Professor at Syracuse University.