Title: Shinto – the Religion’s Influence on Everyday Life



Title: Shinto – the Religion’s Influence on Everyday Life

Disposition:

1. Introduction

About Japan. We don’t know much. Shinto has been influential for a long time. Has survived the introduction of both Christianity and Buddhism, which must mean that it must have a strong connection to the people…..

Question: How does the Shinto religion affect the every day life of the people in Japan today?

2. The religion Shinto

A brief background.

3. The religion’s status throughout time

Went from being a native religion to a state religion

1. State Shinto

1871- end of WW2

2. Shinto and Buddhism

Have coexisted for more than 1500 years.

Similarities: Shinto kami = Buddhist bodhisattvas

Influenced each other.

4. Practicing the religion

How the Japanese people today are affected by Shinto. I present the results in four subheadings.

1. Shrines

2. Everyday routines

3. Special occations

4. Mentality

5. Conclusion

I restate the question and answer it.

My own opinions.

6. Sources

Earhart, H. Byron, Religious Traditions of the World, HarperCollins Publishers, 1993

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Shinto, volume 27, U.S.A., 1990

Littleton, C. Scott, Understanding Shinto, Duncan Baird Publishers, 2002

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