Practically Religious : : Worldly Benefits and the Common Religion of Japan / / George J. Tanabe, Ian Reader.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Reader, Ian,; Tanabe, George J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [1998]; ©1998
• Anno di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: English
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)

Praying for practical benefits (genze riyaku) is a common religious activity in Japan. Despite its widespread nature and the vast numbers of people who pray and purchase amulets and talismans for everything from traffic safety and education success to business prosperity and protection from disease,...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. Benefits in the Religious System Settings and Dynamics
• 2. Scripture and Benefits
• 3. Buying Out Chance Morality, Belief, and Prayer
• 4. The Providers of Benefits Gods, Saints, and Wizards
• 5. The Dynamics of Practice
• 6. Selling Benefits The Marketing of Efficacy and Truth
• 7. Guidebooks to Practical Benefits
• 8. Conclusions
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Authors