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Title: Practically Religious: Worldly Benefits and the Common Religion of Japan by Ian Reader, George J. Tanabe Jr. ISBN: 0-8248-2090-8 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Practical and theoretical benefits for religious knowledge
Comment: Awareness of economic needs as well as a tendency to playfullness make modern religions in Japan (whether Buddhist or Shinto is not important in this case) much more successful than in most other industrialized nations. This book shows by a number of detailled cases and examples how that works and has always been working. At the same time Western observers begin to understand that praying for worldly benefits is not at variance with sincere religious belief, as a Western perception of religion often presupposes. Rather, it is an intrinsic part of religious activity, and the fact that it is not ridiculed in the Japanese context is probably one factor for the still dominant role of religion in this country.
Rating: 5
Summary: Superb analysis of Japanese religion
Comment: Professors Tanabe and Reader provide a superb analysis of Japanese religion. Tanabe and Reader are highly respected scholars in the field of Japanese and Asianb religions and their collective works could well provide the nucleus for any library on the subject. The authors amply demonstrate that there is a distinct commonality to Japanese religion that underlies the rich varieties and apparent contradictions of Japanese religious practice. They provide a myriad of examples and case studies to demonstrate the this-worldly nature end emphasis on personal gain / advantage aspects of Japanese religious culture.
To put it simply, this is one of those books that make you say: "By Jove, I've got it." The authors cut through the complexities of Japanese religion to clearly exhibit the common core. I used this book as a text for my course on Japanese religion and the students really benefitted from the experience.
I have also read Ian Reader's work on the Japanese sect, Aum Shinrikyo. He understands Aum far better than any other scholar and I commend his Aum books to both the scholar and general reader. Reader's books are written in a clear and lively manner.
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Title: Re-Made in Japan: Everyday Life and Consumer Taste in a Changing Society by Joseph J. Tobin ISBN: 0300060823 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1994 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Wearing Ideology: State, Schooling and Self-Presentation in Japan by Brian McVeigh ISBN: 1859734901 Publisher: Berg Publishers Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Haruko's World: A Japanese Farm Woman and Her Community by Gail Lee Bernstein ISBN: 0804712875 Publisher: Stanford University Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1985 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Memoirs of a Geisha ISBN: 0679781587 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Buddhism: Flammarion Iconographic Guides (Flammarion Iconographic Guides) by Louis-Frederic, Louis Frederic, Nissim Marshall ISBN: 2080135589 Publisher: Flammarion-Pere Castor Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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