The sea and the sacred in Japan: aspects of maritime religion

"The Sea and the Sacred in Japan is the first book to focus on the role of the sea in Japanese religions. While many leading Shinto deities tend to be understood today as unrelated to the sea, and mountains are considered the privileged sites of sacredness, this book provides new ways to unders...

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Beteiligte: Rambelli, Fabio 1963- (HerausgeberIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: New York Bloomsbury Academic 2018
London Bloomsbury Publishing 2018
In:Jahr: 2018
Ausgabe:1 [edition]
Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift:Bloomsbury Shinto studies
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Japan / Religion / Meer (Motiv) / Geschichte
weitere Schlagwörter:B Aufsatzsammlung
B Japan Religion
B Electronic books
B Ocean Religious aspects
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Zusammenfassung:"The Sea and the Sacred in Japan is the first book to focus on the role of the sea in Japanese religions. While many leading Shinto deities tend to be understood today as unrelated to the sea, and mountains are considered the privileged sites of sacredness, this book provides new ways to understand Japanese religious culture and history. Scholars from North America, Japan and Europe explore the sea and the sacred in relation to history, culture, politics, geography, worldviews and cosmology, space and borders, and ritual practices and doctrines. Examples include Japanese indigenous conceptualizations of the sea from the Middle Ages to the 20th century; ancient sea myths and rituals; sea deities and sea cults; the role of the sea in Buddhist cosmology; and the international dimension of Japanese Buddhism and its maritime imaginary."--Bloomsbury Publishing
One. Ancient sea myths and rituals and their reinterpretations -- Two. Sea deities and sea cults -- Three. Buddhism and Japan in the global ocean -- Four. Interpretive constructs
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-254) and index
Physische Details:1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 261 pages), Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:135006288X
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5040/9781350062887