Nichiren's Nationalism A Buddhist Rhetoric of a Shinto Teaching

Name: Nichiren's Nationalism A Buddhist Rhetoric of a Shinto Teaching
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ISBN: 9781581121100

ISBN-10: 1581121105

ISBN-13: 9781581121100

Edition: N/A

Authors: Achilles S. C. Gacis

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Chapter One, "Religion and Nationalism in Early Kamakura Society" introduces the issues that affected the nation in the early Kamakura period. The first section points out the historical background of the time that was considered to be a spiritually significant age according to Buddhist chronology. The next section on the "Religious Answers to National Problems" provides a prelude to how the indigenous religious tradition of Shinto attempted to define its leaders and their right to rule as well as the divine protection that was to be given them by the native deities. The imported Buddhist teachings provided a new perspective to the national problems through an examination of existing…

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List price: $19.95
Publisher: Universal Publishers
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 70
Size: 5.53" wide x 8.49" long x 0.29" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English



Preface


Summary of Contents





Religion and Nationalism in Early Kamakura Society


Historical Background


Religious Answers to National Problems


Shinto


Buddhism: Kamakura's Five Reformers


Honen


Eisai


Shinran


Dogen


Conclusion





Nichiren


Nichiren's Life: A Buddhist-Shinto Fusion





Nationalism in Nichiren's Writings


Nichiren's Principle for Spiritual Conversion: Shakubuku


Nichiren: The Religious Politician


Nichiren's Affirmation of Shinto


Final Conclusion


Bibliography