Practically Religious: Worldly Benefits and the Common Religion of Japan

by Ian Reader

Book Overview

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, the practice has been virtually ignored in academic studies or relegated to the margins as a product of superstition or an aberration from the true...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824820908
• ISBN13: 9780824820909
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.2"