Seventeen distinguished experts on Japanese religion provide a fascinating overview of its history and development. Beginning with the origins of religion in pr

This series provides succinct and balanced overviews of the religions of the world. Written in an accessible and informative style, and assuming little or no pr

This anthology reflects a range of Japanese religions in their complex, sometimes conflicting, diversity. In the tradition of the Princeton Readings in Religion

Representing work by some of the leading scholars in the field, the chapters in this handbook survey the transformation and innovation of religious traditions a

Joseph Kitagawa, one of the founders of the field of history of religions and an eminent scholar of the religions of Japan, published his classic book Religion