| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 387 pages) |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 other things, freedom of religion, the country had to contend with this Western idea. In this book, Jason Ananda Josephson reveals how Japanese officials invented religion in Japan and traces the sweeping intellectual, legal, and cultural changes that followed. More than a tale of oppre |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-379) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Religion and state -- Japan -- History -- 19th century
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
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Religion
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Religion and state
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Religion
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Staat
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Shintō
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Meiji-Zeit
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Religion och samhälle -- historia.
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| SUBJECT |
Japan -- Religion -- History -- 19th century
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Japan -- History -- Meiji period, 1868-1912.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069489
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Japan
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Japan
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226412351 |
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0226412350 |
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1283622742 |
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9781283622745 |
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9786613935199 |
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6613935190 |
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