
Shinto - Simple Guides
Ian Reader(Author)
Kuperard (Publisher)
Published on 23. March 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-85733-433-3 (ISBN)
Description
"Simple Guides Shinto" provides a concise and accessible introduction to Shinto. Written without bias, this guide presents engaging descriptions of the key concepts, beliefs and practices. Pocket sized and presented in an accessible format with clearly organised topics, enabling you to quickly grasp the essence of Shinto. This guide is a reliable point of reference for further exploration and discovery.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
sewn/stitched
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 169 mm
Width: 111 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
141 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85733-433-3 (9781857334333)
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Person
Ian Reader has been teaching and researching on the religions of Japan for many years. His PhD on Japanese Buddhism was gained at the University of Leeds in 1983, after which he and his wife Dorothy lived and worked in Japan for almost six years. Since 1989 he has been a member of the Scottish Centre for Japanese Studies at the University of Stirling, Scotland. He also spent a year as a Visiting Professor at the University of Hawaii in 1992-93. For three years from August 1995 he lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he was a Senior Research Fellow at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. Amongst his books are Religion in Contemporary Japan (Macmillan, 1991); Pilgrimage in Popular Culture (edited with Tony Walter, Macmillan, 1993) and A Poisonous Cocktail? Aum Shinrikyo-'s Path to Violence (NIAS Books, Copenhagen 1996).