Shinto, nature and ideology in contemporary Japan : making sacred forests

• Material Type: 図書
• ISBN: 9781474289931 hardback; 1474289932 hardback
• ISBN (error code): 9781474289955 electronic book
• Title: Shinto, nature and ideology in contemporary Japan : making sacred forests
• Author/Editor: Aike P. Rots.
• Series Title: Bloomsbury Shinto studies
• Author Heading: Rots, Aike P.
• Publication, Distribution, etc.: London, UK : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (出版); New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (出版)
• Publication Date: 2017.
• Publication Date (W3CDTF): 2017
• Extent: x, 260 pages
• Size: 24 cm.
• Place of Publication (Country Code): GB
• Text Language Code: eng
• Content Type: text
• Media Type: unmediated
• Carrier Type: volume
• Subject Heading: Shinto--Japan.; Sacred groves--Japan.; Trees--Religious aspects--Shinto.; Shinto shrines--Japan.; Environmentalism.; Sacred groves.; Shinto.; Shinto shrines.; Japan.
• LCC: BL2211.G76
• DDC: 299.5/61095209051
• NDLC: HL11
• Target Audience: 一般
• Note (Content): This is the first systematic study of Shinto's environmental turn. The book traces the development in recent decades of the idea of Shinto as an `ancient nature religion,' and a resource for overcoming environmental problems. The volume shows how these ideas gradually achieved popularity among scientists, priests, Shinto-related new religious movements and, eventually, the conservative shrine establishment. Aike P. Rots argues that central to this development is the notion of chinju no mori: the sacred groves surrounding many Shinto shrines. Although initially used to refer to remaining areas of primary or secondary forest, today the term has come to be extended to any sort of shrine land, signifying not only historical and ecological continuity but also abstract values such as community spirit, patriotism and traditional culture. The book shows how Shinto's environmental turn has also provided legitimacy internationally: influenced by the global discourse on religion and ecology, in recent years the Shinto establishment has actively engaged with international organizations devoted to the conservation of sacred sites. Shinto sacred forests thus carry significance locally as well as nationally and internationally, and figure prominently in attempts to reposition Shinto in the centre of public space.
• Note (Bibliography): Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Collection (particular): 日本関係外国語図書
• Holding library: 国立国会図書館
• Call No.: HL11-B44
• Data Provider (Database): 国立国会図書館 : 国立国会図書館蔵書; https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp
• Bibliographic ID (NDL): 028020779; http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/028020779
• LC Control Number: 2017005667; https://lccn.loc.gov/2017005667
• OCLC No.: 994144541; https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/994144541
• Cataloging Rule: RDA
• Bibliographic Record Category (NDL): 211

• Contents: Defining ShintoLove of natureThe Shinto environmentalist paradigm...