Shinto: The Kami Spirit World of Japan: The Japanese World of Kami Spirits

An excellent easily read introduction to what the west often misleadingly calls a religion, but to what the Japanese think of as just another aspect of everyday life.

Very good book

A fine introduction to an ancient Japanese faith of Shinto.

This book explains shinto really well and is very informative. I wouldn't bother buying a great big book until you've read this.

I've been interested in Eastern religions for a while now and thought this would be a good introduction to Shinto. If you want a concise factual skeleton of the subject this is ok but it is rather dry (probably a result of translation) and shows it's age in the way it's written. It's impersonal and if, like me, you'd like to understand how Shinto works from an individual's perspective, this isn't the book for you.

This religion is fairly short on theology, doctrine etc and books about Shinto are always likely to be short, this one was as comprehensive as it could be.

just the book we wanted and at a very competitive price. we'd certainly recommend this vendor. thank you.

My product arrived on time. It was in a nice quality. It was a very informative book with a lot of exciting info about shinto. I would highly recommend it to others who are also interested in reading about what shinto is about and what cultural history it is shaped by.

I think that's a very good starting point on Shinto, it has helped me a lot to learn the basic ideas of Shinto and sparked my interest to learn and read deeper into this faith.

A must for SHINTO RELIGION!!!

This book is a careful investigation about the history and traditions on Shinto in Japan. It enables the reader to know not only the history of Japan's indigenous spiritual traditions but how they aproach to the spiritual. The reader enter a world quite different from the spirtual western world. In Japan there is no preocupation for setting an integral view of the Creation and how the western God interects over His people. All that is non existent, the Shrine in were the Kami resides and life goes by pacefully whenever people pay their respects to the Kami, at home, at the Shrine and at the numerous festivals. A wonderful experience for the reader, besides, it's written in international English, and therefore of easy reading.

I love how very to the point this book is. It gives you exactly what you want -- a brief description of Shinto as a religion, what its temples look like and how the rites are carried out. Good illustrations, too.

scritto molto bene e in modo chiaro, questo libro fornisce le basi per iniziare a studiare lo Shintoismo. Racconta sia eventi storici che i rituali tipici di questa religione in modo dettagliato e mai pesante. Molto utile anche per i viaggiatori curiosi di imparare l'etichetta da rispettare quando si visita un tempio e meglio comprendere il simbolismo di questa religione meravigliosa.