Bücher der Reihe Routledge Studies in Asian Religion

A critical overview of Shinto from early times to the modern era. These essays highlight the dynamic nature of Shinto and shrine history by focusing on the three-way relationship, often fraught, between local shrine cults, the Shinto agenda and Buddhism.

In order to elucidate the philosophical relevance of the Zen notion of no-self, this text applies Dogen Kigen's religious philosophy and the philosophy of Nishida Kitar to the philosophical problem of personal identity.

Focuses on supernatural affliction - illness and misfortune ascribed to demonic spirits or ghosts and to other mystical agents, such as sorcerers and witches.

Much of the Scholarship on Gyoki is based on fantastic medieval biographies and legends. This work, however, makes use of many different lenses to develop multiple perspectives on the life of Gyoki.

For the first time, the work Genealogy of the South Indian Deities of the first Protestant missionary to India, Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg (1682-1719), is made accessible to an English readership.

An exploration of the major works of Sufi historiography, which takes the form of collections of biographies. It seeks to provide a literary context in which one can appreciate fully the theological significance and historical value of Sufi biographies.

This book initiates a paradigm shift away from Zen/Chan as quintessentially Buddhist and examines what makes Chan thought and practice unique and original through an interdisciplinary investigation of the nature and rationale of Chan and its enlightenment.