Product Description: Third wave womanism is a new movement within religious studies with deep roots in the tradition of womanist religious thought——while also departing from it in key ways.After a helpful and orienting introduction, this volume gathers essays from established and emerging scholars whose work is among the most lively and innovative scholarship today...read more

Product Description: The Armor of Amaterasu Ohkami is a collection of essays on the advanced practices of Shinto Magic, according to the Art of Ninzuwu Tradition. The reader should have a working knowledge of the Art of Ninzuwu and its philosophy. This text is not for the beginner...read more

Product Description: A fascinating look at Bushido and understanding its principles and meanings, this is a great read for anyone interested in Japan or simply in other cultures.

Product Description: Bushido: The Soul of Japan is, along with the classic text Hagakure by Tsunetomo Yamamoto (1659-1719), a study of the way of the samurai. A best-seller in its day, it was read by many influential foreigners, among them President Theodore Roosevelt, President John F...read more

Product Description: Clans and Religion in Ancient Japan presents the latest research on the origin of Japanese religion and the clans in charge of religious services in ancient Japan. This book is written from a new analytical perspective and it utilizes not only well-known historical manuscripts which previous research relies upon, but also mythology, archaeological antiquities, pictorial materials and genealogies...read more

Product Description: En ninguna obra de esta clase encontrará los eventos trascendentales de la historia de las Antiguas Escrituras narrados con tanta exactitud en el tiempo y con tanta evidencia bíblica y fehaciente, fruto del estudio concienzudo y la investigación meticulosa de la palabra de Dios, realizados por el autor...read more

Product Description: Shinto is the indigenous spirituality of Japan. A combination of myth, history and ritual designed to connect the present with the ancient past, Shinto is practised by the vast majority of the Japanese but is not regarded as a definable religion...read more

Product Description: A comparative analysis of fire rituals that examines the kinds of adaptations, innovations and guiding principles that led to the creation of the Shinto-Buddhist ritual fire.

Product Description: In an candid and informative account, two French jounralists set out to conduct an objective and unbiased study of the Baha'i Faith, an emerging world religion. Through a series of frank and lively interviews, interspersed with personal observations, they examine who the Baha'i's are and what they believe...read more

Despite its relative simplicity, which is one of its virtues, Shinto is a sophisticated religion with many aspects that deserve study. This comprehensive yet convenient guide to the key terms and names of this tradition will assist researchers, students, and the general reader to gain deeper insight into its nature and workings. Picken identifies the principal historical and mythological names that are central to the Shinto tradition and also demonstrates the relationship of Shinto to Japanese culture as a whole, including the relationship of Shinto to Buddhism, sex, death, ethics, Noh drama, and Folk Religion.Not only are entries included on new religions that have a clear basis in Shinto culture and the new development of Shinto's growing internationalization but leading figures are identified as well as some of the core beliefs of these groups. A large list of research resources is appended in addition to books and articles dealing with Japanese religions in general. Also includes a list of websites and the addresses of organizations that can be contacted for further information.

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Product Description: Journey to the Heart of Aikido presents the teachings of Motomichi Anno Sensei, one of the few remaining direct students of Morihei Ueshiba, the legendary founder of Aikido. After a lifetime of practice and teaching in Japan, the United States, and Europe, Anno Sensei conveys through his teachings Aikido's essential spirit of love, harmony, gratitude, and purification with simple authenticity and eloquence...read more

Product Description: In this annotated translation and study of an early fourteenth-century Japanese devotional picture scroll set, Royall Tyler illuminates the complex relationships between medieval Japanese religion and politics, text, and art. The Kasuga Gongen genki ("The Miracles of the Kasuga Deity") mingles text and painting on silk to tell the tale of miraculous events at the Kasuga shrine in Nara, a site favored by the dominant Fujiwara clan for centuries...read more

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