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.
| ISBN | 0773415521 | | DEWEY | 299.56138 | | ISBN13 | 9780773415522
(What's this?) | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Publisher | The Edwin Mellen Press Ltd | | Pages | 78 | | Imprint | Edwin Mellen Press Ltd | | Published in | New York | | Format | Hardback | | Academic level | General | | Publication date | 01 Apr 2011 | |
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Foreword by Dr. Stuart D.B. Picken; Author's Preface; Acknowledgements; Conventions and Terminology; I. Introduction; II. The Celebrant; III. Description of the Full Ritual of Purification; IV. An Amalgam of Shinto-Buddhist Rituals: A Comparative Analysis; V. Birth of a Ritual Fire: Adaptation and Innovation; Glossary; Japanese characters for key terms; Bibliography; Index.
"The authors are to be commended for adding depth and breadth to an under-researched area of religious studies." (Prof. Stuart DB Picken Japan Society of Scotland)"
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