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    SHINTOISM

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    Shintoism is the indigenous religion of Japan that centers on worship of kami or spirits. According to Shinto doctrine, the Japanese emperor exercises divine rule as a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu Omikami. The Kojiki and Nihon Shoki are the oldest texts detailing Japanese myths and legends. Major Shinto gods include the creators Izanagi and Izanami, the sun goddess Amaterasu, the storm god Susanoo, and the war god Hachiman. Shintoism emphasizes tradition, family, rituals of purity, and respect for nature. It has several sects including Revival Shinto, Confucian sects, mountain worship sects, and purification sects

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    Shintoism is the indigenous religion of Japan that centers on worship of kami or spirits. According to Shinto doctrine, the Japanese emperor exercises divine rule as a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu Omikami. The Kojiki and Nihon Shoki are the oldest texts detailing Japanese myths and legends. Major Shinto gods include the creators Izanagi and Izanami, the sun goddess Amaterasu, the storm god Susanoo, and the war god Hachiman. Shintoism emphasizes tradition, family, rituals of purity, and respect for nature. It has several sects including Revival Shinto, Confucian sects, mountain worship sects, and purification sects

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    Shintoism is the indigenous religion of Japan that centers on worship of kami or spirits. According to Shinto doctrine, the Japanese emperor exercises divine rule as a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu Omikami. The Kojiki and Nihon Shoki are the oldest texts detailing Japanese myths and legends. Major Shinto gods include the creators Izanagi and Izanami, the sun goddess Amaterasu, the storm god Susanoo, and the war god Hachiman. Shintoism emphasizes tradition, family, rituals of purity, and respect for nature. It has several sects including Revival Shinto, Confucian sects, mountain worship sects, and purification sects

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    Shintoism is the indigenous religion of Japan that centers on worship of kami or spirits. According to Shinto doctrine, the Japanese emperor exercises divine rule as a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu Omikami. The Kojiki and Nihon Shoki are the oldest texts detailing Japanese myths and legends. Major Shinto gods include the creators Izanagi and Izanami, the sun goddess Amaterasu, the storm god Susanoo, and the war god Hachiman. Shintoism emphasizes tradition, family, rituals of purity, and respect for nature. It has several sects including Revival Shinto, Confucian sects, mountain worship sects, and purification sects

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    SHINTOISM

    Amaterasu Omikami

    •According to revived
    Shinto doctrine, the
    sovereignty of the emperor
    was exercised by divine right
    through his reputed descent
    from the sun goddess
    Amaterasu Omikami, who is
    considered the founder of
    SACRED TEXTS

    KOJIKI NIHON SHOKI


    • Also read as Furukotofumi, • The 2nd oldest book of Japanese
    an early Japanese history. It contains more detailed
    and elaborate ancient written
    chronicle of myths, texts than the Kojiki.
    legends, songs,
    • Considered the most complete
    genealogies, oral traditions extant historical records for
    and semi-historical many archeologists and
    accounts down to 641 historians.
    concerning the origin of
    the Japanese archipelago,
    GODS
    of Shintoism
    IZANAGI and
    IZANAMI
    (Japanese: “He Who Invites” and
    “She Who Invites”) in full Izanagi
    no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto,
    the central deities (kami) in the
    Japanese creation myth. Gave birth
    to the many islands of Japan and
    begat numerous deities of Shinto.
    AMATERASU
    OMIKAMI
    (Japanese: “Great
    Divinity Illuminating
    Heaven”), the goddess
    of the sun and of
    fertility.
    SUSANOO
    Is the storm god of the Shinto
    religion. Younger brother of the
    sun goddess Amaterasu, he is
    infamous for his mischievous and
    sometimes destructive behaviour
    and therefore has a reputation as
    being something of a trickster.
    HACHIMAN
    Is the ancient Shinto god or
    kami of war, divination, and
    culture. He is famously
    credited with the sending the
    kamikaze or ‘divine wind’
    which twice dispersed the
    invading fleets of Mongol ruler
    Kublai Khan in the 13th century
    CE and which earned
    DOCTRINES
    Four affirmations in Shintoism
    Tradition and the family:

    •Understanding that
    family is the foundation
    for preserving traditions.
    Matsuri and Love of
    Nature
    •Worshipping •
    and honoring
    Holding
    gods and nature
    ancestral sacred.
    spirits.
    Ritual Purity
    Ritual bathing to spiritually
    and physically cleanse
    yourselves before entering a
    shrine to worship the Kami.
    SECTS
    OF SHINTOISM
    REVIVAL SHINTO
    Shinto Taikyo Shinrikyo
    • 1886
    • 1894
    • Known before World
    War II simply Shinto • Divine truth
    • “the great teaching religion.
    Shinto”
    REVIVAL SHINTO

    Izumo Oyashirokyo
    • Also called Taishakyo; religion of the
    grand shrine of Izumo
    CONFUCIAN SECTS

    Shinto Shusei-ha Shinto Taisei-ha


    • 1876 • Great
    • Improving and Accomplishment
    consolidating school School Of Shinto.
    of Shinto
    MOUNTAIN – worship sects

    • Jikkokyo (1882) – practical conduct


    religion.
    • Fusokyo (1882) – religion of Mount Fuji
    • Ontakekyo (1882) – formerly known as
    Mitakekyo; Religion of Mount Ontake
    PURIFICATION SECTS
    • Shinshukyo (1882) – divine learning religion
    • Misogikyo (1894) – purification religion Utopian or
    faith healing cults
    • Kurozumikyo (1876) – religion of Kurozumi named
    after its founder
    • Konkokyo (1900) – religion of Konko, the name of
    the power kami, or sacred power
    • Tenrikyo (1908) – religion of divine wisdom
    RELIGIOUS ISSUES
    1946- didn’t have freedom of separation

    Yasukai Shrine – shintos pay respect for the dead soldiers; Christians and Buddhists
    think it should be a national institution.

    Lacked the tradition of unchanging which often manifested disrespect for human race.

    Japanese education system emphasizes memorization rather than logical thinking for
    analysis.

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