<p>What role does religion play in contemporary Japanese society and in the lives of Japanese people today? This text examines the major areas in which the Japanese participate in religious events, the role of religion in the social system and the underlying views within the Japanese religious world. Through a series of case studies of religion in action - at crowded temples and festivals, in austere Zen meditation halls, at home and at work, at dramatic fire rituals - it illustrates the immense variety, energy and colour inherent in Japanese religion. It also discusses the continued relevance and responses of religion in a rapidly modernizing and changing society.</p>

Religion in Contemporary Japan

History

Ian Reader

Asia

University of Hawaii Press

Japanese Religions Past and Present

Esben Andreasen

Finn Stefansson

Routledge

Pilgrimage in the Marketplace

Taylor&Francis

Women And Health: Feminist Perspectives

Japanese Influences and Presences in Asia

Marie Soederberg

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