Chinese & Japanese Religions Books

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1. Religion and the Subtle Body in Asia and the West: Between Mind and Body

   Edited by Geoffrey Samuel, Jay Johnston

   Subtle-body practices are found particularly in Indian, Indo-Tibetan and East Asian societies, but have become increasingly familiar in Western societies, especially through the various healing and yogic techniques and exercises associated with them. Typically, subtle-body practices assume a...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-60811-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

2. The Emergence of Daoism: Creation of Tradition

   By Gil Raz

   At the core of Daoism are ancient ideas concerning the Way, the fundamental process of existence (the Dao). Humans, as individuals and as a society, should be aligned with the Dao in order to attain the fullness of life and its potential. This book presents the history of early Daoism, tracing the...

   January 2011 | 978-0-415-77849-7 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. Daoist Rituals, State Religion, and Popular Practices: Zhenwu Worship from Song to Ming (960-1644)

   By Shin-Yi Chao

   This book focuses on one of the few Chinese deities that can rightfully claim a countrywide devotion, Zhenwu or the Perfected Warrior. Religious specialists, lay devotees, the state machine, and the cultural industry all participated, both collaboratively and competitively, in the evolution of this...

   January 2011 | 978-0-415-78066-7 | Hardback (Routledge)

4. The Spread of Tibetan Buddhism in China: Charisma, Money, Enlightenment

   By Dan Smyer Yü

   This book is concerned with contemporary Tibetan Buddhist revivals in the Tibetan regions of the Sichuan and Qinghai Provinces in China. Interpreting the intricate entanglements of the Buddhist revivals with cultural identity, state ideology, and popular imagination of Tibetan...

   December 2010 | 978-0-415-57532-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

5. Japanese Religions on the Internet: Innovation, Representation, and Authority

   Edited by Erica Baffelli, Ian Reader, Birgit Staemmler

   Japanese Religions on the Internet draws attention to how religion is being presented, represented and discussed on the Japanese Internet. Its intention is to contribute to wider discussions about religion and the Internet by providing an important example – based on one of the Internet’s most...

   December 2010 | 978-0-415-88643-7 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Religion in Contemporary China: Revitalization and Innovation

   Edited by Adam Yuet Chau

   Before the modernist transformations of the twentieth century, China had one of the richest and most diverse religious cultures in the world. The radical anti-traditionalist policies of both the Republican and Communist regimes as well as other socio-historical factors posed formidable challenges...

   November 2010 | 978-0-415-45934-1 | Hardback (Routledge)

7. Anthropology of Religion

   Edited by Phillips Stevens Jr.

   Religious belief is an extremely powerful motivator of human behaviour. Religious considerations permeate and influence all parts of a culture. Religious systems are universal in human cultures, around the world and through all stages of human history and prehistory. Of all academic approaches to...

   October 2010 | 978-0-415-49423-6 | Hardback (Routledge)

8. The Cultural Transition: Human Experience and Social Transformation in the Third World and Japan

   Edited by Merry I White, Susan Pollak

   This volume makes available a wide variety of cultural perspectives on education and on economic and social progress. Contributors focus on three main questions, the answers to which are vital for understanding the needs of both national policy and personal fulfilment in widely differing cultures....

   September 2010 | 978-0-415-58826-3 | Hardback (Routledge)

9. An Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism: With especial Reference to Chinese and Japanese Phases

   By William McGovern

   William Montgomery McGovern’s Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism was one of the first books on Mahayana Buddhism written for a Western audience. It predates influential English language overviews of Buddhism by D. T. Suzuki, A. Watts, and W. Rahula. The author was born in New York City in 1897 and...

   September 2010 | 978-0-415-59124-9 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Shinto: At the Fountainhead of Japan

    By Jean Herbert

    Shinto, the national indigenous religion of Japan has supplied Japan with the basic structure of its mentality and behaviour. Although its classical texts have been translated into English this volume was the first major study of this important religion. The book is a complete picture of Shinto,...

    September 2010 | 978-0-415-59348-9 | Hardback (Routledge)