JAPAN 161

Religious Life in Modern Japan

Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Knowledge of Japanese not required. Religious transformations accompanying rapid industrialization, urbanization, militarism, and defeat in Pacific War, including analyses of Shinto mythology, secular positivism, Buddhist reform movements, new religions, and continuing role of traditional village/family religious rites. Letter grading.

Units: 4.0
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