Introduction - Religions in Japan; Epochs of Religious History; BOOK I: THE SHINTO RELIGION AND THE COMMUNAL SYSTEM, EARLY STAGES AND SURVIVAL: General Features of Shinto, Shinto Mythology, Religion and Social Life; BOOK II: INTRODUCTION OF BUDDHISM AND ITS ESTABLISHMENT: Spread of Buddhism, Its arrival in Japan, The Prince Regent Shotoku, Buddhist Inspiration and its Manifestations, Reforms and Progress, The Nara Period, Glories of the Tempyo Era, Culminating Phases of Nara Culture; BOOK III: THE PERIOD OF HEIN: The New Departure, General Features, Saicho and his Work, Shingon Buddhism and Kukai's Work, Religion and Social Life; BOOK IV: THE AGE OF FEUDAL STRIFE AND RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE: The Kamakura Period, General Features, Amata-Buddhism or Jodo Pietism, Nichiren and his Prophetic Religion, Zen Buddhism, Social Disintegration after the 14th century, Religious Strife, Kirishitan Missions, Japan's first contact with Europe and Christianity, End of Confusion; BOOK V: THE TOKUGAWA REGIME OF PEACE AND ORDER: Establishment of a Firm Rule, Confucianism and its Schools, The Blooming of Culture and the Rise of the Bourgeoisie, Peace, Refinement and Degeneration, Popular Teachers in Religion and Ethics, Revival of Shinto, Last Stage of the Tokugawa Regime; BOOK VI: THE ERA OF MEIJI AND THE PRESENT: The New Era, Its Start and Characteristics, Religious Policy and Problems, Spiritual Unrest and the Rise of Individualism, Social Unrest, Sharper Antagonism Between Radicals and Conservatives, The World War and After.
