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THIS 7 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East: Japan, by Charles F. Horne. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 0766100111. ... Read more

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THIS 26 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East: Japan, by Charles F. Horne. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 0766100111. ... Read more

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1935. In 1912 Hepner was ordained and commissioned by the Board of Foreign Missions of The United Synod South as a Missionary to Japan. During his tenure there he acquired an unusual facility both in speaking and reading Japanese. Within a few years, he decided on Shinto as his special field of study and thus began the study that lead to this publication. This volume contains Hepner's dissertation on the Kurozumi Sect, which introduces academic circles of the Occident to the Culture Religion State of Shinto, and makes a valuable contribution in the field of Comparative Religion. ... Read more

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This study presents the force of Shinto and the human mood, feelings and value-nuances which perpetuate it. . . . The author describes a Shinto shrine: examines the basic myth of creation and the Shinto conception of deity which has grown out of it. Festivals and rites are detailed, as well as the ultimate merging of religion and politics during the Meiji period and the state of Shinto today. ... Read more

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THIS 32 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Their Search for God: Ways of Worship in the Orient, by Florence Mary Fitch. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1419159720. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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An in-depth look at the Kurozumi-kyo sect of Shinto, giving readers a deep appreciation of the spiritual values of Japan as well as a detailed exploration of the ongoing influence of the oldest of thirteen official sects of the Meiji period. ... Read more

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[This book is written in Japanese.]

Throughout history, successful people – those individuals who changed the course of civilization – have most typically been ardent believers in some spiritual force. Through their faith and under the protection of their God, they were able to achieve success.

In this book, author Toshu Fukami argues that many problems common to business environments are best solved through the application of principles from the Japanese religious tradition of Shinto. ... Read more