SHINTOISM

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SHINTOISM
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o Shinto – "The way of kami"

o A Japanese religion.

o Considered animistic and pantheistic.

o An optimistic faith.

o Originated in prehistoric times.

o Remains connected with the Japanese people’s

ways of thinking and acting.

o Does not have a founder or sacred scriptures.

o KAMI – Shinto Gods

o Shinto Gods - Are sacred

spirits which take the form of
things and concepts important to
life, such as wind, rain,
mountains, trees, rivers and
fertility.

o The Sun Goddess Amaterasu - the

most important kami.
 HOLY BOOKS
o
o Kojiki or
"Records of Ancient
Matters"
o
o Nihon-gi or
"Chronicles of
Japan"
 o Shinto shrines - The
Place of worship
and the homes of kami.

PRIVATE AND PUBLIC

WORSHIP

o A person can worship at a

shrine or in their home.
They pray to a particular
kami either to obtain
something, or to thank
the kami for something
good that has happened.
 SUBDIVISIONS
State Shinto - incorporated into the
national ideology during the Meiji period starting in
1868.

Sect Shinto - started in the 19th Century and includes 13

major independent sects which are recognised by the
Japanese governement.

Folk Shinto - it has no formal organizational structure

nor doctrinal formulation but is centred in the veneration
of small roadside images.
 BELIEFS
o “man is kami’s child”

o There is no absolute right

and wrong.

o Nobody is perfect.

o Humans are thought

to be fundamentally
good, and evil is believed
to be caused by evil spirits.