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… Altro …

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… Altro …

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… Altro …

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<