Introduction to Shinto--Museum exploration
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Historian Jolyon Thomas outlines the importance of Shinto Shrines and prayer in this short but excellent essay called What is Shinto?
Here is a word file with several stories that I downlaod from a Shinto site several years ago. They include the following stories: Izanagi and Izanami, The Journey to Yomi, Amaterasu and Susano-o.
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Here is the lin this excellent Shinto Encylcolidia. It includes sections on beliefs and practices, kami, rites and festival, cocepts and doctirnes, and much more. This might make for a webquest.
Terrific site from Orias at Berkley. It reviews Shinto architecture from ancient times to today. It also the geography of Shinto complexes showing the worship area, the entrance gate, the washing place, among others.
The site also explains the influence of Buddhism on Shinto and shows its influence on Shinto architecture.
The site also explains the influence of Buddhism on Shinto and shows its influence on Shinto architecture.
This site gives a group of articles written by James Boyd and Ron Williams, both professors of Philosophy at Colorado State University, on various facts of Shinto, culture, beliefs, art, music and festivals. They examine the Shinto world view. Within the various articles are woven a number of videos that further elucidate the theme.
In this article Danica Davidson makes the case for the relevance of Shinto in our time. She focuses on Shinto’s emphasis on environmental awareness and conservation along with its peaceful stance or benevolence silence on the big issues of the world as keys to helping Shinto maintain some relevance in the contemporary world.
This resource gives a variety of helpful information on Shinto. The student will find articles and books. This resource is very helpful for research on the subject of Shinto. Some of the resources on this site might need to be purchased, but at least it points the student to very pertinent information on the religion of Shinto. Among the topics addressed are the history of Shinto, sacred lore surrounding the shrines, ethics and the significance of Shinto festivals
In this article Danica Davidson makes the case for the relevance of Shinto in our time. She focuses on Shinto’s emphasis on environmental awareness and conservation along with its peaceful stance or benevolence silence on the big issues of the world as keys to helping Shinto maintain some relevance in the contemporary world.
This resource gives a variety of helpful information on Shinto. The student will find articles and books. This resource is very helpful for research on the subject of Shinto. Some of the resources on this site might need to be purchased, but at least it points the student to very pertinent information on the religion of Shinto. Among the topics addressed are the history of Shinto, sacred lore surrounding the shrines, ethics and the significance of Shinto festivals