Skip to main content
Search Button
Canada Kobo store Gift Cards Help

Rakuten Kobo

Wishlist

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “helen hardacre”
Skip side bar filters

  • Shinto

    A History

    by Helen Hardacre ...
    Distinguished scholar of Japanese religions and culture Helen Hardacre offers the first comprehensive history of Shinto, the ancient and vibrant tradition whose colorful rituals are still practiced today. Under the ideal of Shinto, a divinely descended emperor governs through rituals offered to deities called Kami. These rituals are practiced in innumerable shrines across the realm, so that local ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • Shinto Shrines in Prewar and Wartime Japan

    by Helen Hardacre ...
    Series Book 479 - Harvard East Asian Monographs
    Shinto Shrines in Prewar and Wartime Japan examines the religious and social history of Shinto shrines, focusing on the economic, social, and ideological implications of State Shinto. Helen Hardacre argues that politicians regarded public funding of shrines as crucial for elevating their “dignity” and for curbing progressive thought and activism. Understanding the social and financial dynamics of ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD

  • Kurozumikyo and the New Religions of Japan

    by Helen Hardacre ...
    The description for this book, Kurozumikyo and the New Religions of Japan, will be forthcoming. ... Read more

    $56.99 CAD

  • Shinto and the State, 1868-1988

    by Helen Hardacre ...
    Series series Studies in Church and State
    Helen Hardacre, a leading scholar of religious life in modern Japan, examines the Japanese state's involvement in and manipulation of shinto from the Meiji Restoration to the present. Nowhere else in modern history do we find so pronounced an example of government sponsorship of a religion as in Japan's support of shinto. How did that sponsorship come about and how was it maintained? How was it ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

  • Japanese Constitutional Revisionism and Civic Activism

    by Helen Hardacre, Keigo Komamura, Weitseng Chen, Erik Esselstrom, Saburo Horikawa, Rintaro Kuramochi, Levi McLaughlin, Mari Miura, Yoshihide Soeya0, Makiko Ueda1, Christian Winkler2, Tatsuhiko Yamamoto3, Koichi Nakano4, Sung Ho Kim5, Timothy S. George6, Franziska Seraphim8 ...
    Since the adoption of the 1947 Constitution of Japan, the document has become a contested symbol of contrasting visions of Japan. Japanese Constitutional Revisionism and Civic Activism is a volume which examines the history of Japan’s constitutional debates, key legal decisions and interpretations, the history and variety of activism, and activists’ ties to party politics and to fellow activists ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

People who read these also enjoyed

  • My Spiritual Journey

    Personal Reflections, Teachings, and Talks

    by The Dalai Lama, Sofia Stril-Rever ...
    "One of the world's greatest spiritual leaders reflects on his commitments as a human being, a Buddhist monk, and the fourteenth Dalai Lama." — BooklistIn this elegant self-portrait, the world's most outspoken and influential spiritual leader recounts his epic and engaging life story. The Dalai Lama's most accessible and intimate book, My Spiritual Journey is an excellent introduction to the ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • History of Japan

    Revised Edition

    by Richard Mason, J. G. Caiger ...
    A classic of Japanese history, this book is the preeminent work on the history of Japan.Newly revised and updated, A History of Japan is a single-volume, comprehensive account of Japan's history. Starting in ancient Japan during its early pre-history period, A History of Japan covers every important aspect of history and culture through feudal Japan to the post-Cold War period and the collapse of ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Shinto - Simple Guides

    by Ian Reader, Simple Guides ...
    Series series Simple Guides
    This book will help you to:Appreciate the significance of Japan's own religion in everyday life.To become familiar with the key traditions and festivals (matsuri) of the Shinto year.To understand what you will see at Shinto shrines and in Shinto ritual.To gain insights into the controversies surrounding Shinto, politics, and nationalism.Access the world's religions with Simple Guides: Religion a s ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A New History of Shinto

    by John Breen, Mark Teeuwen ...
    Series series Wiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion
    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.Offers a unique new approach to Shinto history that combines critical analysis with original researchExamines key evolutionary moments in the long ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Samurai

    A Concise History

    by Michael Wert ...
    The idea of the sword-wielding samurai, beholden to a strict ethical code and trained in deadly martial arts, dominates popular conceptions of the samurai. As early as the late seventeenth century, they were heavily featured in literature, art, theater, and even comedy, from the Tale of the Heike to the kabuki retellings of the 47 Ronin. This legacy remains with us today in the legendary Akira ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Theravada Buddhism

    A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo

    by Richard F. Gombrich ...
    Series series The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices
    Written by the leading authority on Theravada Buddhism, this up-dated edition takes into account recent research to include the controversies over the date of the Buddha and current social and political developments in Sri Lanka. Gombrich explores the legacy of the Buddha's predecessors and the social and religious contexts against which Buddhism has developed and changed throughout history, ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Premodern Japan

    A Historical Survey

    by Mikiso Hane, Louis G. Perez ...
    Japanese historian Louis Perez brings Mikiso Hane's rich and beloved account of early Japanese history up-to-date in this thoroughly revised Second Edition of Premodern Japan. The text traces the key developments of Japanese history in the premodern period, including the establishment of the imperial dynasty, early influences from China and Korea, the rise of the samurai class and the ... Read more

    $119.99 CAD