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SHINTO

SHINTO. Adam Mostafa. Introduction. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcfCsX_SxSM Shinto religion explained through Pokemon. Basic Beliefs. Founded in Japan about 500 B.C.   Focuses on life while your alive it rather than death Japan and its people are chosen and special to the gods (kami)

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SHINTO

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  1. SHINTO Adam Mostafa

  2. Introduction • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcfCsX_SxSM • Shinto religion explained through Pokemon

  3. Basic Beliefs • Founded in Japan about 500 B.C.   • Focuses on life while your alive it rather than death • Japan and its people are chosen and special to the gods (kami) • Everything revolves around kami

  4. Sacred Texts • Kojiki • Nihon-gi

  5. Afterlife • They focus more on fitting in to this world • After death a shintobecomes a "family spirit", or "family kami." 

  6. Major Rules/Impacts on Everyday Life • 4 Basic Rules: • Purification • Impurities pollute body • Cause misfortune • Purification rituals • Presentation • Everything prepared with care • Prayer • Pray in small shrines • Chanting/Dancing rituals • Participation • Gifts given to contributors of a ceremony • Shows they participated • Priests responsible for protecting shrines • Sermons on important religious days

  7. Concept of God • Believe in many gods • Don’t make images of them, but symbols • Important god; Anaterasu-omi Kami • Sun-God • Modern Japan usually believe in one God • Divinity in all natural things

  8. What Draws People? • Not allowed to join, must be born into • People enjoy the idea of nature being center of worship • History is quite long/entertaining

  9. Works Cited " » Do you have to be Japanese to be a follower of the Shinto religion?." Eminent Follower. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2011. <http://www.eminentfollower.info/follower/do-you-have-to-be-japanese- to-be-a-follower-of-the-shinto-religion>. "BBC - Religions - Shinto: Shinto Holy Books." BBC - Homepage. Web. 13 Nov. 2011. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/shinto/texts/books.s html> "RELIGION INFO - Shinto (Shintoism)." RELIGION INFO. Web. 13 Nov. 2011. <http://www.religion-info.com/shinto.html> "Shinto." Foxmoon Creations. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2011. <http://www.fox-moon.com/shinto.html>. "Shinto Shrines." BBC. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2011. <[ http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/shinto/places/shrines_1.shtml ]http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/shinto/places/shrines_1.shtml >. Web. 13 Nov. 2011. <http://www.joyofsects.com/world/shinto.shtml>. "Shinto Views of Life after Death." Afterlife Near Death and Out of Body Experiences. Web. 13 Nov. 2011. http://www.litesofheaven.com/shinto.htmll "What is Shinto?." Baptist.Org. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2011. www.baptist.org/what-is-shinto/ "World Religions- Shinto." Peter Occhiogrosso "The Joy of Sects" and books on Spirituality and World Religion, religion discussion weblog, editorial consultation, spiritual direction. N.p., n.d.

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