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Shinto: The Way Home

by Thomas P. Kasulis · 2004

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Scholarly studies on Shinto usually focus only on one of its dimensions: Shinto as a 'nature religion', an 'imperial state religion', a 'primal religion', or a 'folk amalgam of practices and beliefs'. Thomas Kasulis explains how these different aspects interrelate.

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Subject
philosophyhistory
Themes
religion
Setting
japanasia
Audience
adult

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