A01=Allan G. Grapard
Author_Allan G. Grapard
buddhism
buddhist temples
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comparative religious studies
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japan
japanese history
japanese religious history
kamakura period
kami
kasuga cult
kasuga gongen genki e
kasuga shrine
kofukuji kasuga multiplex
kofukuji temple
major world religions
meiji government
painted handscrolls
place of worship
polytheistic belief system
pre modern japanese religion
religion
religious rituals
shinto shrines
shintoism
shrine temple complexes
siddhartha gautama
the buddha
worship
Product details
- ISBN 9780520070974
- Weight: 590g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 14 Jan 1993
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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The Protocol of the Gods is a pioneering study of the history of relations between Japanese native institutions (Shinto shrines) and imported Buddhist institutions (Buddhist temples). Using the Kasuga Shinto shrine and the Kofukuji Buddhist temple, one of the oldest and largest of the shrine-temple complexes, Allan Grapard characterizes what he calls the combinatory character of pre-modern Japanese religiosity. He argues that Shintoism and Buddhism should not be studied in isolation, as hitherto supposed. Rather, a study of the individual and shared characteristics of their respective origins, evolutions, structures, and practices can serve as a model for understanding the pre-modern Japanese religious experience. Spanning the years from a period before historical records to the forcible separation of the Kasuga-Kofukuji complex by the Meiji government in 1868, Grapard presents a wealth of little-known material. He includes translations of rare texts and provides new, accessible translations of familiar documents.
Allan G. Grapard is Associate Professor of Religion at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
