Episode 3 of @andrewmarkhenry's Religion For Breakfast Shinto series is out! This episode explores the evolution of Shinto & its classification as "religion" or "non-religion" in Japanese politics starting from the Bakumatsu, i.e. Comm. Perry's arrival.
Sources below! https://twitter.com/andrewmarkhenry/status/1342117655147380741
Sources below! https://twitter.com/andrewmarkhenry/status/1342117655147380741
Selected References:
Hardacre, Helen. "Shinto: A History." Oxford University Press, 2016. https://amzn.to/2WL2A0x 1/5
Hardacre, Helen. "Shinto: A History." Oxford University Press, 2016. https://amzn.to/2WL2A0x 1/5
Josephson-Storm, Jason Ananda @Ghost_Image_. "The Invention of Religion in Japan." The University of Chicago Press, 2012. https://amzn.to/38AsA4i 2/5
Mullins, Mark R. @MarkRMullins1 "Secularization, Deprivatization, and the Reappearance of ‘Public Religion’ in Japanese Society." Journal of Religion in Japan 1.1 (2012): 61-82. https://brill.com/view/journals/jrj/1/1/article-p61_5.xml 3/5
Thomas, Jolyon Baraka @jolyonbt. "Faking Liberties: Religious Freedom in American-Occupied Japan." University of Chicago Press, 2019. https://amzn.to/34JXE0i 4/5
Zhong, Yijiang. @yijiang"The Origin of Modern Shinto in Japan: The Vanquished Gods of Izumo." Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. https://amzn.to/3rrrhNO 5/5