(The Conversation) — An anthropologist of Japanese religion met followers of Shinto religion online and found how they were building a community and sharing instructions on practice.

This article explores the part Shinto has played in Japanese life and culture throughout the country's history, and its shared its spiritual, cultural, and political roles with Buddhism and ...

Shinto, once an unwritten tradition rooted in nature, shrines, and ancestral worship, wasn’t always classified as a “religion.” This video traces how Japan’s native spiritual practice was reshaped ...

Religion and politics Shinto and nationalism Japanese flags ©. Shinto can't be separated from Japan and the Japanese, but in the late 19th and first half of the 20th centuries Shinto became an ...

Shinto is one of Japan’s two major religions, along with Buddhism. Like many religious traditions, Shinto can have different meanings for people . For some, it is the central faith of the ...

Shinto, or Shintoism, is undoubtedly one of the world's most fascinating religions. While many of the largest and most influential religions, from Christianity to Islam and Buddhism, share many ...

According to Cultural Affairs Agency statistics for 2022, the number of Japanese with links to Shinto, Buddhism, Christianity or other religions totaled 180 million, which exceeds Japan’s ...

Besides purification, Shinto also provides what contemporary Japanese religion experts Ian Reader and George Tanabe Jr. call “practical benefits.” These innumerable benefits include good ...