East Asian religions

The day when Supreme Commander Douglas MacArthur met the Emperor Showa, Hirohito, was the day when the trust between MacArthur and the Emperor Showa, Hirohito, was established and the day when Japan started to recover from the disastrous situation after the Pacific War.

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Hall's work takes the measure of Christian belief and doctrine explicitly in light of North American cultural and historical experience.

A detailed guide to restoring the eight foundational areas of health*; Explains how each of legendary Taoist masters known as the Eight Immortals has a specific area of health as the focus of his or her teachings*; Offers practices, techniques and guidelines for each of the Eight Immortal Healer teachings, including the important roles of oxygen and water in the body, nutrition, detoxification, exercise, energy work, emotional pollution, and spiritual hygieneThe Eight Immortals are a group of legendary ancient Taoist masters, each associated with a specific area of health or a powerful healing technique.

Despite the popularity of sport in contemporary China, the practice of physical education is not indigenous to its culture.

This authoritative collection surveys the teachings of Confucius, and illustrates his importance throughout Chinese history in one focused and incisive volume.

Chock full of moving and enlightening stories, The Chocolate Cake Sutra will help you let go of perfectionism and celebrate the sacred nature of the life you already have.

This book represents the first critical edition and scholarly annotated translation of a pioneering report on the predicament of cross-cultural understanding at the dawn of globalization, titled "e;A Brief Response on the Controversies over Shangdi, Tianshen and Linghun"e; ("e;Resposta breve sobre as Controversias do Xamty, Tien Xin, Lim hoen"e;), which was written in China by the Sicilian Jesuit missionary Niccolo Longobardo (1565-1654) in the 1620s and profoundly influenced Enlightenment understandings of Asian philosophy.

Following Jesus to Burning Man: Recovering the Church's Vocation places the author, a Pentecostal/evangelical minister, in a thoroughly pagan context in the Nevada desert where he discovered the presence of God in a way that transformed his understanding of ministry in the twenty-first century context.

Spanning antiquity until the present, Zhao Lu analyses the eclectic and fictitious representations of Confucius that have been widely celebrated by communities of people throughout history.

Recent interest in Confucianism has a tendency to suffer from essentialism and idealism, manifested in a variety of ways.

Typically, in the Western philosophical tradition, the presence of paradox and contradictions is taken to signal the failure or refutation of a theory or line of thinking.

A spiritual quest typically begins with a critical shock or loss, one that casts us back upon ourselves to question the meaning of life.

The Kabbalah is a practical system for understanding ourselves and our relationship with the world.

In this thought-provoking Volume One of the series, Managing Responsibly for Sustainable Business Development in the VUCA World, We embark on a transformative journey towards sustainable and excellent management practices.

Immortal Wishes is a powerful ethnographic rendering of religious experiences of landscape, healing, and self-fashioning on a northern Japanese sacred mountain.

The description for this book, Kurozumikyo and the New Religions of Japan, will be forthcoming.

Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692), a Ming loyalist, was forced to find solutions for both cultural and political crises of his time.

This book is the first major study of England's biggest and best-known witch trial which took place in 1612, when ten witches were arraigned and hung in the village of Pendle in Lancashire.

This book discusses how ancient Japanese mythology was utilized during the colonial period to justify the annexation of Korea to Japan, with special focus on the god Susanoo.

The rise of Spatial Humanities has spurred a digital revolution in the field of Chinese studies, especially in the study of religion.

America's Civil War took a dreadful toll on human lives, and the emotional repercussions were exacerbated by tales of battlefield atrocities, improper burials and by the lack of news that many received about the fate of their loved ones.

The Analects (Lunyu) is the earliest and most influential record of the teachings of Kongzi (551-479 B.

Winner of the 2015 Pierre-Antoine Bernheim Prize for the History of Religion by the Acadmie des Inscriptions et Belles-LettresAfter a century during which Confucianism was viewed by academics as a relic of the imperial past or, at best, a philosophical resource, its striking comeback in Chinese society today raises a number of questions about the role that this ancient tradition might play in a contemporary context.

Through extensive use of primary resources and fieldwork, this detailed study examines overseas Shinto shrines and their complex role in the colonization and modernization of newly Japanese lands and subjects.

This book explores the emergence and growth of Zen as a non-monastic spiritual practice in modern Japan.

At the core of Daoism are ancient ideas concerning the Way, the fundamental process of existence (the Dao).

In the spring of 2017, US-based Confucian philosopher Stephen C.

This book provides an overview of religion in Japan, from ancient times to the present.

Nei Gong is the practice leading to attainment of real internal skill and transformation, and the philosophical art of change that runs through all Daoist practice.

From the 10th to the mid-17th century, religious organisations played an important part in the social, political and military life in Japan.

The art of interpreting Holy Scriptures flourished throughout the culturally heterogeneous pre-modern Orient among Jews, Christians and Muslims.

Before the modernist transformations of the twentieth century, China had one of the richest and most diverse religious cultures in the world.

One Palm Sunday, Echo Bodine prayed to be granted a better understanding of worlds beyond this one, and three days later she found herself on an amazing voyage.

The first book in English to apply ancient Japanese Shinto traditions to daily spiritual fulfillment.

Religious culture is an important keyword for understanding rapidly changing East Asian society, especially China, Japan, and Korea.

Among Buddhist traditions, Zen has been remarkably successful in garnering and sustaining interest outside the Buddhist homelands of Asia, and "e;zen"e; is now part of the global cultural lexicon.

This accessible guide to the development of Japan s indigenous religion from ancient times to the present day offers an illuminating introduction to the myths, sites and rituals of kami worship, and their role in Shinto s enduring religious identity.

Buddhism and Taoism remain vibrant and prominent in Singapore's religious landscape.

During the Vietnam War, Vietnamese Buddhist peace activists made extraordinary sacrifices-including self-immolation-to try to end the fighting.

From the 10th to the mid-17th century, religious organisations played an important part in the social, political and military life in Japan.

Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, is the highest meditative practice of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism.

A reflection on the diverse ways Western humanity has attempted to escape its frightening historyThis book reflects on Western humanity's efforts to escape from history and its terrors-from the existential condition and natural disasters to the endless succession of wars and other man-made catastrophes.

Chinese traditions of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism have a profoundly philosophical dimension.

Examining early Chinese ritual discourse during the Warring States and early Western Han Periods, this book reveals how performance became a fundamental feature of ritual and politics in early China.

Although our moral lives would be unrecognisable without them, roles have received little attention from analytic moral philosophers.