Religion in Japanese Daily Life

ISBN-13: 9781138677982 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 368 str.

David Lewis

Opis

Many books on religion in Japan consider the subject from the perspective of the major religions and how they have developed in Japan. This book, on the other hand, examines the lives of ordinary Japanese people, and their life cycles, and explores why they engage in religious activities. It discusses how Japanese people engage in different religious practices as they encounter new events in their lives, analyses the attitudes and motivations behind religious and apparently religious behaviour, and includes coverage of activities such as fortune-telling, visits to shrines and temples, and ancestral rites, which many people, viewing themselves as "non-religious," would term "customs" or even "sight-seeing" rather than religion. The book outlines the religious options available, and assesses why people choose particular religious activities at particular periods in their lives or in particular circumstances.

O autorze

David C. Lewis is a Visiting Professor in Social Anthropology at Yunnan University, China.