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The Invention of Religion in Japan

By Jason Ananda Josephson Storm

Book information

Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9780226412351
DOI
10.7208/9780226412351
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3182963 bytes)
Pages
404\401
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-15 04:34:37

Description

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.

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