CONTENTS.
Milton Spenser Terry
1.
The Country
7
2.
Is Shinto a Religion?
10
3.
Origin and Relative Age of the People
12
4.
Meaning of the Term Shinto
14
5.
Sources of Information
15
6.
Japanese Cosmogony and Mythology
19
7.
The Japanese a Self-centered People
29
8.
Essence of the Shinto Cult
30
9.
The Great Sanctuaries
31
10.
Five Noteworthy Objects Connected with the Worship
34
11.
The Ancestor Worship
37
12.
Elements of Animism
41
13.
The Domestic Cult
43
14.
The Communal Cult
45
15.
The National Cult
49
16.
The Harvest Service
52
17.
The Great Purification
54
18.
Other Ritual Services
60
19.
Influence of China on Japanese Thought
63
20.
Influence of Buddhism
64
21.
Revival of Pure Shinto
68
22.
Esoteric Shinto
70
23.
Mingling of Shinto, Confucianism, and Buddhism
71
24.
Roman Catholicism in Japan
73
25.
Alleged Present Religious Indifference
74
26.
Concluding Observations
78
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