1988, ISBN: 9780691020488

Princeton, Princeton University Press, XIII, 212 p., maps. Original softcover. Price tag on the back, somewhat rubbed binding, slightly stained bottom edge, pencil markings in text, other… Meer...

Princeton, Princeton University Press, XIII, 212 p., maps. Original softcover. Price tag on the back, somewhat rubbed binding, slightly stained bottom edge, pencil markings in text, otherwise good. / Preisschild auf der Rückseite, etwas beriebener Einband, leicht angeschmutzter Fußschnitt, Bleistiftanstreichungen im Text, sonst gut. - Adherents of several hundred groups known as "new religions" include roughly one-third of the Japanese population, but these movements remain largely unstudied in the West. To account for their general similarity, Helen Hardacre identifies a common world view uniting the new religions. She uses the example of Kurozumikyo, a Shinto religion founded in rural Japan in 1814, to show how the new religions developed from older religious organizations. Included in the book are a discussion of counseling that portrays the many linked functions of rural churches, an autobiographical life history by a woman minister, and a case study of healing. - Helen Bardacre is Associate Professor of Religion and tasl Asian Studies at Princeton University and the author of Lay Buddhism in Contemporary Japan: Reiyukai Kyodan (Princeton). ISBN 9780691020488Religion 1988, [PU: Princeton University Press]<

ISBN: 9780691020488

Adherents of several hundred groups known as "new religions" include roughly one-third of the Japanese population, but these movements remain largely unstudied in the West. To account for… Meer...

Adherents of several hundred groups known as "new religions" include roughly one-third of the Japanese population, but these movements remain largely unstudied in the West. To account for their general similarity, Helen Hardacre identifies a common world view uniting the new religions. She uses the example of Kurozumikyo, a Shinto religion founded in rural Japan in 1814, to show how the new religions developed from older religious organizations. Included in the book are a discussion of counseling that portrays the many linked functions of rural churches, an autobiographical life history by a woman minister, and a case study of healing. Media > Book, [PU: Princeton University Press]<

1988, ISBN: 9780691020488

Princeton University Press, 1988. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please no… Meer...

Princeton University Press, 1988. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:9780691020488, Princeton University Press, 1988, 0<