Joseph Mitsuo Kitagawa fue un destacado erudito en el campo de los estudios religiosos. Figura fundamental en la historia de las religiones, se desempeñó como Profesor Emérito y Decano en la Divinity School de la Universidad de Chicago. Su obra estableció principios clave para la comprensión de diversas tradiciones de fe.
This book is about Buddhism and Asian History. This volume contains articles from the Encyclopedia charting the religion's history on the continent from the foundation to the present.
Tracing Japan's religions from the Hein Period through the middle ages and into modernity, this book explores the unique establishment of Shinto, Buddhism, and Confucianism in Japan, as well as the later influence of Roman Catholicism, and the problem of Restoration--both spiritual and material--following World War II.
Readings from The Encyclopedia of Religion. South and Southeast Asia -- Inner Asia and Tibet -- East Asia. Illustrated with ten maps