Sacred High City, Sacred Low City

Sacred High City, Sacred Low City

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Heine, Steven
Oxford University Press
EAN: 9780190452650
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In Sacred High City, Sacred Low City, Steven Heine argues that lived religion in Japan functions as an integral part of daily life; any apparent lack of interest masks a fundamental commitment to participating regularly in diverse, though diffused, religious practices. The book uses case studies of religious sites at two representative but contrasting Tokyo neighborhoods as a basis for reflecting on this apparently contradictory quality. In what ways does Japan continue to carry on and adapt tradition, and to what extent has modern secular society lost touch with the traditional elements of religion? Or does Japanese religiosity reflect another, possibly postmodern, alternative beyond the dichotomy of sacred and secular, in which religious differences as well as a seeming indifference to religion are encompassed as part of a contemporary lifestyle?
EAN 9780190452650
ISBN 019045265X
Binding Ebook
Publisher Oxford University Press
Publication date December 2, 2011
Language English
Country United States
Authors Heine, Steven