history deeply embedded in its indigenous legends (Piggott 11-12). Nothing details this more than its religion‚ so ancient its songs has ringed bells for a millennium. Shinto has thrived since the Common Era‚ carrying with it a deep connection to nature to a time wherein humanity has forgotten the root of its existence. Shinto is a religion as old as Japan itself. It has no official founders as according to Oka Masao there are at least five different ethnic groups that came to the making of modern
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ethnic religion is Shinto‚ it is nearly exclusively associated with Japan and the Japanese people. Shinto is an indigenous religious tradition of Japan. Its main concerns are the sacredness of Japan’s landscape‚ Japanese family ancestors‚ and heroes within the nation. Shinto helps form and maintain relationships with the sacred from birth to death and beyond (Williams 4). Shinto has no historical founder‚ it comes from deep religious practices of the Japanese people. Shinto also does not
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Shinto Illustration Loretta Rosario-Ellison REL133 December 15‚ 2014 Fredericka Wilson Shinto Illustration There are many religions in the world. Some are more well-known than others. One of the lesser known Asian religions is the Japanese religion‚ Shinto. Unless a person travels to Japan or can interact with someone who is willing to share a little about his or her religion‚ no one will know anything about it. Shinto is ancient native religion of Japan still practiced in a form modified by the
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The Shinto faith originates with the ancient people of Japan. The term Shinto is not a Japanese term but was the term given to the religion present there when Buddhism arrived from China. The Chinese term shen-dao was the term given to the religion meaning “the way of the higher gods”. Immigrants from various countries (Korea‚ Mongolia‚ Malaya & possibly Siberia) made up the Japanese culture and the Shinto faith is a melting pot of nature worship‚ ancestor worship‚ Confucian morals‚ Buddhist thought
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Shinto Paragraphs Izanagi the male and Izanami the female were the first kami; they gave birth to Japan and many other kami‚ for instance the wind mountains. When Izanami gave birth to fire she died; Izanagi went on the endeavor down to the underworld to find her. There he saw her decaying body covered in maggots‚ aghast by what he saw; he went to to the world of the living to purify himself in the water. When he washed his left eye‚ the Sun Goddess and the Great Kami Amaterasu came into existence;
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The nature of Shinto: Shinto is a native Japanese mythology/religion influenced by Buddhism‚ Taoism and Confucianism. Kami‚ a key concept in Shinto’s belief refers to the superior‚ mystical or divine‚ that permeates the natural world. Origins of the universe: - Earliest Shinto text is the Kojiki or ‘record of ancient matters’ written in 712 CE - Kojiki tells the story of how the cosmic order arose out of chaos during the age of the kami when something like a huge celestial egg split in half
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Tenrikyo is the largest and most successful of the modern Shinto sects in Japan. At first it was considered a branch of the Yoshida sect of the Shinto. But then in 1980 it changed its affiliation to Buddhism and from 1980 has been recognized as one of the 12 groups that compose Kyoha Shinto. It is considered one of the “new religions” of contemporary Japan. It started with Nakayama Miki who said she was possessed by a god called Tenri when she was 40 years old. It came to existence on October 26
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University of Phoenix Material Daoism Worksheet Complete the following questions in detail. Answer each question with a 1- or 2-paragraph response that includes a reference citation. Make use of Experiencing the World’s Religions and other sources in your research as you complete the questions. 1. Describe the principles of yang and yin. a. The principle of yang and yin is that all things exist as inseparable and contradictory opposites‚ for example femal-male‚ dark-light and old-young. The
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Confucianism in China: Past and Present China‚ a country of ancient history and tradition‚ known for having one of the oldest roots in history and carrying on ancient practices to the modern day‚ but China is rapidly changing‚ with new beliefs‚ practices and cultural ties China is rapidly becoming a world power‚ reforming those old traditions and creating new ones. However‚ the influences of ancient philosophies‚ such as Legalism‚ Taoism‚ and Confucianism‚ can still be felt in modern China influencing
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Are Confucianism and Buddhism religions? To answer this question one must first find the definition of the word religion. According to our text book the word religion come from the Latin word religio which means awe for the gods and concern for proper ritual (experiencing the worlds religion 3). The definition of the word religion according to several dictionaries is a belief in a divine or superhuman power or powers to be obeyed and worshiped as the creator and the ruler of the universe‚ or any
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