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Religion, Second Modernity and Individualization in Japan 宗教、第二次现代性与日本的个体化

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Journal of Religion in Japan Pub Date : 2018-12-12 DOI: 10.1163/22118349-00702002

E. Porcu

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Ritualized Writing: Buddhist Practice and Scriptural Cultures in Ancient Japan, by Bryan D. Lowe 《仪式化写作:古代日本的佛教实践和经文文化》，作者:Bryan D. Lowe

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Journal of Religion in Japan Pub Date : 2018-12-12 DOI: 10.1163/22118349-00702006

I. Zhang

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Handbook of East Asian New Religious Movements, by Lukas Pokorny and Franz Winter (eds.) Lukas Pokorny和Franz Winter主编的《东亚新宗教运动手册》（编辑）

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Journal of Religion in Japan Pub Date : 2018-12-12 DOI: 10.1163/22118349-00702008

Lehel Balogh

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Zen and Material Culture, by Pamela D. Winfield & Steven Heine (eds.) 《禅与物质文化》，帕梅拉·d·温菲尔德和史蒂文·海涅主编。

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Journal of Religion in Japan Pub Date : 2018-12-12 DOI: 10.1163/22118349-00702005

Komei Sakai

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Darwin, Dharma, and the Divine: Evolutionary Theory and Religion in Modern Japan, by G. Clinton Godart 《达尔文、法与神：现代日本的进化论与宗教》，G.Clinton Godart著

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Journal of Religion in Japan Pub Date : 2018-12-12 DOI: 10.1163/22118349-00702007

C. Harding

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The Book of Yōkai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore, by Michael Dylan Foster 《Yōkai之书：日本民间传说中的神秘生物》，迈克尔·迪伦·福斯特著

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Journal of Religion in Japan Pub Date : 2018-12-12 DOI: 10.1163/22118349-00702004

J. Law

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After the Fall 秋天之后

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Journal of Religion in Japan Pub Date : 2018-12-12 DOI: 10.1163/22118349-00702001

J. Shields

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Mothers and Moral Activists 母亲和道德活动家

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Journal of Religion in Japan Pub Date : 2018-12-12 DOI: 10.1163/22118349-00702003

Paola Cavaliere

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Tracing the Itinerant Path: Jishū Nuns of Medieval Japan, by Caitilin J. Griffiths 追踪流动的路径:中世纪日本的吉士尼姑，作者:Caitilin J. Griffiths

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Journal of Religion in Japan Pub Date : 2018-11-08 DOI: 10.1163/22118349-00701002

Jessica Starling

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Shintō is the Indigenous Religion of the World 信教是世界的本土宗教

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Journal of Religion in Japan Pub Date : 2018-11-08 DOI: 10.1163/22118349-00701003

T. Miura

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