Secular Shrine Theory or Jinja hishūkyōron (神社非宗教論) was a religious policy and political theory that arose in Japan during the 19th and early 20th centuries...

functions in their service to shrines. As time passed, they left the shrines and began working independently in secular society. In addition to a medium...

honoring the war dead;: 91  this is known as Secular Shrine Theory. The state also integrated local shrines into political functions, occasionally spurring...

separated from Shinto shrines in 1940, becoming independent.[citation needed] Seicho-no-Ie List of Shinto shrines Secular Shrine Theory Shinto sects and schools...

into them. In the United States, misogi was performed at the Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America at the Konryu Myojin no Taki waterfall each morning in the years...

the shrines dedicated to their worship. Many festivals involve believers, who are usually intoxicated, parading, sometimes running, toward the shrine while...

Kasuga-taisha (春日大社) is a Shinto shrine in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is the shrine of the Fujiwara family, established in 768 CE and rebuilt several...

centuries, becoming more of a secular folk entertainment and less of a formal religious ritual. The sacred dance of the Sada shrine has been inscribed on the...

other groups but are most often associated with Shinto shrines. Some of the holidays are secular in nature, but the two most significant for the majority...

common term for a member of the clergy at a Shinto shrine (神社, jinja) responsible for maintaining the shrine and leading worship of the kami there. The characters...

List of Shinto shrines in Kyoto includes many Shinto shrines; but this list encompasses only some of the 400 Shinto shrines with scattered locations throughout...

for the purification rituals often performed at Shinto shrines in Japanese religion, where shrine-goers wash themselves with water before entering the sacred...

event is said to be the origin of the Tsukuyomi Shrine in Yamashiro Province. There is also a Tsukuyomi Shrine on Iki Island, where the oracle is believed...

popularity among samurai, since Ōjin was apotheosized as a god in Hachiman shrines. In the Nihongi account, when Ōjin was born, inspection of his body revealed...

Shinto kami. There are many shrines dedicated to the goddess including Chiyo shrine, Tsubaki America Shrine and Tsubaki Grand Shrine. In some, she is worshiped...

emperor. Enshrined at Kashihara Shrine. Emperor Meiji (明治天皇), and Empress Shōken (昭憲皇太后). Enshrined at Meiji Shrine. Oda Nobunaga (織田信長) enshrined at...

kami. The kami are worshipped at kamidana household shrines, family shrines, and jinja public shrines. The Ryukyuan religion of the Ryukyu Islands is distinct...

of Secular Shrine Theory or the idea that Shrine Shinto was not a religion and as a result under state control, hence the separate Bureau of Shrines under...

'Male-who-invites' and 'Female-who-invites'. Shiratori Kurakichi proposed an alternative theory which instead sees the root iza- (or rather isa-) to be derived from isao...

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Divine command theory (also known as theological voluntarism) is a meta-ethical theory which proposes that an action's status as morally good is equivalent...

beliefs was an appropriate year for a revolution to take place. As Taoist theory also groups together 21 sexagenary cycles into one unit of time, it is assumed...

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the prohibition of Buddhism at the Ise and Kamo Shrines allowed them to freely develop their theories about the nature of kami. During the Shinbutsu bunri...

[be fitted in]".: 8  Immanuel Kant was the first to offer a purely secular theory of evil, giving an evaluative definition of evil based on its cause...

the Yasaka shrine network Tsushima Shrine (津島神社) in Tsushima, Aichi Prefecture – Head shrine of the Tsushima shrine network Hiromine Shrine (広峰神社) in Himeji...

incarnated as. He is the founder of the Kamo clan and the deity of the Shimogamo Shrine. Kamuo Ichihime A daughter of Ōyamatsumi and the second wife of Susanoo...

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individual kami. Inari appears to have been worshipped since the founding of a shrine at Inari Mountain in 711 CE, although some scholars believe that worship...

Shinto Shrines (神社本庁, Jinja Honchō) is a religious administrative organisation that oversees about 80,000 Shinto shrines in Japan. These shrines take the...