1. AGENDA FOR NOV 24th
SHINTO
– ORIGINS OF SHINTO
– CREATION STORY
– HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
– ESSENTIALS OF SHINTO BELIEF
• kami
– SHRINES
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2. ORIGINS OF SHINTO
• INDIGENOUS JAPANESE
TRADITION
• EMPHASIS ON BEAUTY IN NATURE
• IDENTITY THROUGH DIFFERENCE
• NATURE AND HUMAN NATURE
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4. CREATION STORY
• IZANAMI/IZANAGI
• AMATERASU
• KAMI JIMMU (1ST
HUMAN EMPEROR)
• JAPAN AS
“HEAVENLY
INSTANTIATION”
ON EARTH
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6. HISTORICAL
DEVELOPMENT
• KAMI, BUDDHAS AND
BODHISATTVAS
• BLENDING OF RELIGIOUS
TRADITIONS (SHINTO, BUDDHISM,
CONFUCIANISM)
• STATE SHINTO; NATIONALISM
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7. ESSENTIALS OF SHINTO
BELIEF
• KAMI (THAT WHICH IS ABOVE;
AUSPICIOUS) [OTTO 1869-1937]
– Mysterium tremendum et fascinans
• KANNAGARA
• TEXTS: KOJIKI (712 CE); NIHONGI (720
CE) – Are these ‘scriptures’?
• NO EXPLICIT ETHICAL CODE (BUT
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HUMAN NATURE)
• PURIFICATION (MISOGI)
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