Category: Book Reviews (Page 8 of 8)

Shinto by Paula Hartz   NY: Facts on Files, 1997
128 pages, large format, illustrated.  ISBN: 0816035776  $30

This is a general overview which covers the origins, beliefs, rituals, festivals, and place of Shinto in Japanese society.  It is intended as … Read the rest

Gods of Kumano by Shinichi Nagai

US: Kodansha International, 1968
ISBN: 0870110926  from $20.00

This is a small picture book with an introduction of some 35 pages.
This gives a subjective account of the author’s impressions of a trip
to … Read the rest

Shinto Ways of Being Religious by Gary E. Kessler

NY: McGraw-Hill, 2005.  62 pages
ISBN: 0073016896  Selling around $20.00     

This is a college textbook which provides a series of reading texts
with questions for discussion.  However, that does not mean … Read the rest