Shinto festival involvement and sense of self in contemporary Japan

In recent decades, hundreds of studies have addressed connections between religious beliefs and behaviours and individual well-being in Europe and the US. There are only a handful of publications that examine these important links in Japan, however. In this paper, I rely on participant observation a...

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Main Author: Roemer, Michael K. (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis 2010
In: Japan forum
Year: 2010, Volume: 22, Issue: 3-4, Pages: 491-512
Further subjects:B Festival performance
B Religious practice
B Contentment
B Japan
B Shintoism
B Effect
B Effects
B Japan Shintoismus Religiöse Praxis Ritual Effect / Effects Lebenszufriedenheit Quality of life Festspiele
B Quality of life