The Invention of Religion in Japan
Jason Ananda Josephson Storm
Throughout its long history, Japan had no concept of what we call “religion.” There was no corresponding Japanese word, nor anything close to its meaning. But when American warships appeared off the coast of Japan in 1853 and forced the Japanese government to sign treaties demanding, among other things, freedom of religion, the country had to contend with this Western idea. In this book, Jason Ananda Josephson reveals how Japanese officials invented religion in Japan and traces the sweeping intellectual, legal, and cultural changes that followed.
Рік:
2012
Видавництво:
University of Chicago Press
Мова:
english
Сторінки:
404
ISBN 10:
0226412350
ISBN 13:
9780226412351
Файл:
PDF, 3.04 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2012