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A New History of Shinto. By John Breen and Mark Teeuwen. Malden and Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. x + 264 pages. ISBN 978 1 4051 5516 8.

In: Journal of Religion in Japan
Author: Jakub Havlíček1
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01 Jan 2012
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The book is co-authored by John Breen and Mark Teeuwen. Both authors are well-known scholars in the domain of religions in Japan. The book is part of a series on the history of various topics in theology and religion that aims to introduce these topics by means accessible to the general public. It is worth noting that the authors’ approach to the history of Shintō can be, with certain precaution, determined as “postmodern,” yet “deconstructionist.” For that reason the book is perhaps more difficult to follow for those who are less familiar with the traditional or conventional way of interpreting
Title:
A New History of Shinto. By John Breen and Mark Teeuwen. Malden and Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. x + 264 pages. ISBN 978 1 4051 5516 8.
Article Type:
Book Review
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/221183412X642338
Language:
English
Pages:
194–196
In:
Journal of Religion in Japan
In:
Volume 1: Issue 2
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
2211-8349
Print ISSN:
2211-8330
Subjects:
Religion in Asia, Religious Studies, Japan, Asian Studies, Anthropology of Religion, Religion & Society, Social Sciences

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