shintoism

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Religion

 

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Deborah L

 

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September 9, 2013

 

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Shinto is an animistic belief system. The word Shinto, from the original Chinese Shentao , combines two kanji: "shin" (loan words usually retain their Chinese pronunciation, hence shin not kami), meaning gods or spirits ; and "to", meaning a philosophical way or path (originally from the Chinese word dao)...
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As such, Shinto is commonly translated as "The Way of the Gods". Some differences exist between Koshinto (the ancient Shinto) and the many types of Shinto taught and practiced today, showing the influences of Buddhism when it was introduced into Japan in the sixth century. Most scholars agree that there was at least one migration from East Asia and perhaps another from Central Asia to the ancient Japanese Archipelago, though there is no consensus as to where Shinto first developed...
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