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Shinto and Japanese Religion

Practically Religious

Worldly Benefits and the Common Religion of Japan

by Ian Reader and George J. Tanabe Jr.

A study of the prayers, amulets and rites through which Japanese people seek practical benefits from kami and buddhas. The authors argue that this pursuit of worldly benefit is central to Japanese religion rather than a corruption of it.

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