The Secret World of Shugend¿ | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781469690605 | The Secret World of Shugend¿ | Shayne A. P. Dahl | Taschenbuch | 2025

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In this compelling narrative of discovery set in Japan’s remote Dewa Sanzan mountain range, Shayne A. P. Dahl describes Shugendō, a secretive religious tradition that combines aspects of Shinto, Buddhism, and mountain worship. As a participant-observer, Dahl invites readers into the practices of contemporary ascetics who see the sacred mountains as wombs within which cycles of life, death, and rebirth can be harnessed for the sake of personal transformation and existential realization. As Dahl argues, immersion in Shugendō provides ascetics and pilgrims with an escape from capitalist modernity and an avenue for self-reflection in the wake of the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster near Fukushima in March 2011.

Immersing readers in the intimate and hidden dimensions of Shugendō, Dahl sheds light on how practitioners sustain their traditions in the face of modern temptations and tensions within their religious communities. Filled with insight into Shugendō’s contribution to Japanese cultural identity, this book offers groundbreaking perspective on the intersections of ecology, disaster, religion, the human condition, and death.

Über den Autor

Shayne A. P. Dahl is an anthropologist who earned his doctorate at the University of Toronto and has held postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard University, McMaster University, and the University of Lethbridge.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2025
Fachbereich:	Geisteswissenschaften allgemein
Genre:	Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9781469690605
ISBN-10:	1469690608
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Dahl, Shayne A. P.
Hersteller:	The University of North Carolina Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	234 x 156 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Shayne A. P. Dahl
Erscheinungsdatum:	30.11.2025
Gewicht:	0,465 kg