Japan religion

Feb 10, 2022 · Japan’s Shinto religion is going global and attracting online followers An anthropologist of Japanese religion met followers of Shinto religion online and found how they were building a ...
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A Japanese Buddhist monk in Kyoto. Many different religions are practiced in Japan but most people follow Shinto or Buddhism.Many Japanese people do not identify as exclusively belonging to just one religion, but incorporate features of both religions...
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Religion in Japan is a wonderful mish-mash of ideas from Shintoism and Buddhism. Unlike in the West, religion in Japan is rarely preached, nor is it a doctrine. Instead it is a moral code, a way of living, almost indistinguishable from Japanese social...
Religion once featured heavily in Japan’s public sphere, with both Shintō and Buddhism each being the state religion at different points in Japanese history. However, secularism has been a prominent aspect of Japanese society since the introduction of...
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