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This is a 3 page paper explaining contemporary Japanese religion. The paper also includes mild tutorial language and is in language suitable for a letter to a friend in regards to explaining “what Japanese religion is”.
Unlike the practices of Western religions, lifestyles of the contemporary Japanese may not always reveal the influence of religion in their society but there are actually very few Japanese who are not affected or not involved in some sort of religion. While the majority of Japanese people may be involved in the Shinto or Buddhism religions, and many are involved with both, other religions such as Confucianism and Christianity are also present.
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the following will help in your understanding of this. [A general introduction to the letter helps to explain some of the simpler differences between Western religions and those in Japan...]
Unlike the practices of Western religions, lifestyles of the contemporary Japanese may not always reveal the influence of religion in their society but there are actually very few Japanese who
are not affected or not involved in some sort of religion. While the majority of Japanese people may be involved in the Shinto or Buddhism religions, and many are involved
with both, other religions such as Confucianism and Christianity are also present (McFarland, 1991). [The first religion discussed is that of the Shinto which is considered Japans indigenous religion and
also allows for influences from other religions and philosophies...] The reason why religion in Japan may not initially seem evident, other than in
the extensive number of temples throughout the country is because the indigenous religion of Japan, called the Shinto religion, is still largely unstructured. The basis of Shinto is the concept
of "kami" which is not exactly equivalent to the idea of God or spirits but more so an elementary awareness of a spiritual presence or energy which is manifested throughout
the sun, mountains, lakes, other aspects of nature and even some animals and humans and because of this Shinto is referred to as an "agglomeration of nature worship" (International, 2003).
Fertility and growth are also concepts of kami and Shinto shrines are usually dedicated to one or more of the manifestations of kami. Shinto and its several branches are rooted
in mythology, deities, and codes which include courage, loyalty and cleanliness within its precepts. A Shinto saying explains a basic concept in that "Both heaven and earth come from ones
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