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This chapter focuses on Japan, where religion is conceived differently in many ways from in the West – even though economically Japan stands with the West. His major emphasis is to examine practice at the individual level rather than to focus on historic institutionalized macro traditions. He offers a variety of examples to substantiate the argument that scholars study Japanese religion neither in historically framed contexts nor in a context of globalized “spirituality,” but rather as a uniquely Japanese comprehensive spiritual attitude as it is actually lived and experienced in Japanese peoples’ everyday lives.
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Molle, A. (2011). Spiritual Life in Modern Japan: Understanding Religion in Everyday Life. In: Giordan, G., Swatos, Jr., W. (eds) Religion, Spirituality and Everyday Practice. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1819-7_9
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