Manufacturing Shintō as a “World Religion”

How is Shintō presented in Anglo-American world religions textbooks? While not included in the earliest of such survey courses, it regularly appears in such texts from the early 20th century to the present. Why is Shintō included as one of “great” or “world” religions given how greatly it differs fr...

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Main Author: MacWilliams, Mark (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2018
In: Journal of Religion in Japan
Year: 2018, Volume: 6, Issue: 3, Pages: 171-207
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Shintoism / Representation / Textbook / English language / Simplification / History 1905-2018
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AH Religious education
AZ New religious movements
BN Shinto
KBM Asia
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B Shintoism world religions Shintōism Japanese religion textbooks
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)