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Practically Religious Worldly Benefits and the Common Religion of Japan

Paperback • 1998 • English

Practically Religious Worldly Benefits and the Common Religion of Japan

By Ian Reader, George J. Tanabe

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Praying for practical benefits (genze riyaku) is a common religious activity in Japan. Despite its widespread nature and the vast numbers of people who pray and purchase amulets and talismans for everything from traffic safety and education success to business prosperity and protection from disease, the practice has been virtually ignored in academic studies or relegated to the margins as a uh_product of superstition or an aberration from the true dynamics of religion. Basing their work on a fus...Show more

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ISBN

9780824820909

Publisher

University of Hawaii Press

Published year

1998

Language

English

Original title

Practically Religious Worldly Benefits and the Common Religion of Japan

Format

Paperback

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