The invention of religion in Japan / Jason Ānanda Josephson.

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Josephson, Jason Ānanda

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ISBN:

9780226412351
0226412350
1283622742
9781283622745
9786613935199
6613935190

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Invention of religion in Japan.DDC classification:

322/.1095209034 23

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BL2207.3 .J67 2012eb

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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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-379) and index.

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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.

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