Exploring Shinto

Michael Pye is Professor (emeritus) of religious studies at Marburg University and a visiting Research Associate of Otani University in Kyoto. He is currently the president of the International Shinto Studies Association.

• Preface and AcknowledgementsMichael Pye1 Concepts and Viewpoints1. What is Shinto?Michael Pye2. Essentialism in Early Shinto StudiesGaétan Rappo, Nagoya University 3. On Writing the History of “Shinto”Mark Teeuwen, University of Oslo 2 Exploring Borderlands of Shinto 4.Tendai Buddhist Views of KamiYeonjoo Park, Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture5. Conceptions of Kami in the Writings of the Tendai Monk JienVladlena Fedianina, Moscow City University6. Buddhist-Shinto Syncretization at the Medieval Suwa ShrineIwasawa Tomoko, Reitaku University7. Underground Buddhism at the Ise ShrinesMax D. Moerman, Columbia University 8. Shinto Spaces and Shinbutsu Interaction in the NohDunja Jelesijevic, Northern Arizona University9. Buddhist-style Pilgrimage with “Shinto” Meanings Michael Pye10. Why does Shin Buddhism Reject the Worship of the Kami?Robert Rhodes, Otani University11. Multiple Divinities in Japanese Buddhist TemplesMarcus Ruesch, Ryukoku University12. Responsive Reflections on Buddhism and Shinto KatjaTriplett, University of Leipzig3 The Puzzle and Fascination of Sect Shintō 13. Sect Shintō and the Case of OoyashirokyōMichael Pye14. Meiji Government Policy, Sect Shinto and FusōkyōShishino Fumio, Shinto Priest and current Kanchō of Fusōkyō15. Introducing the Faith of ShinshūkyōYoshimura Masanori, Chief priest of Sakura Shrine and Kyōshu of Shinshūkyō 16. Tenrikyō and Ōmoto in the Context of Kyōha ShintōAvery Morrow, Brown UniversityA Postscript on Shinto DiversityMichael Pye