Joseph Mitsuo Kitagawa was a leading scholar in the field of religious studies. A foundational figure in the history of religions, he served as Professor Emeritus and Dean at the University of Chicago Divinity School. His work established key principles for understanding diverse faith traditions.
Tracing Japan's religions from the Hein Period through the middle ages and into modernity, this book explores the unique establishment of Shinto, Buddhism, and Confucianism in Japan, as well as the later influence of Roman Catholicism, and the problem of Restoration--both spiritual and material--following World War II.
This book is about Buddhism and Asian History. This volume contains articles from the Encyclopedia charting the religion's history on the continent from the foundation to the present.
Readings from The Encyclopedia of Religion. South and Southeast Asia -- Inner Asia and Tibet -- East Asia. Illustrated with ten maps