The Shinto Cult: A Christian Study of the Ancient Religion of Japan
Overview
Originally written as lectures for his comparative religion course, this volume represents Terry’s investigation into the Shinto religion to enlighten missionaries, apologetics students, and interested Christians. This concise work includes observations on Christian interactions with Shinto religion and culture, as well as Shinto’s influences from Buddhism, Confucianism, and recent religious indifference.
Top Highlights
“Japan is the country of the gods; every Japanese is a descendant or offspring of the gods, and the Mikado is the direct descendant of the imperial line which has continued in unbroken succession from the beginning of the world. Japan is, therefore, superior to all other countries, and the Japanese, being thus directly from the gods, are superior in every respect to other people. Sprung from the gods, they need no codes of moral law (like the Chinese), for they are naturally perfect, and do the right things spontaneously.” (Page 28)
“‘Everything in the world depends on the spirit of the gods of heaven and earth” (Page 30)
“The oldest existing monument of Japanese literature is known as the ‘Ko-ji-ki,’ the text of which would make a book about the size of our four Gospels.” (Page 15)
“Shintoism furnishes the objects, Confucianism offers the rules of life, while Buddhism supplies the way of salvation.1” (Page 73)
“this system has no heaven or hell, no deep sense of sin, and no concept of mediatorial redemption from sin and evil.” (Page 40)
- Title: The Shinto Cult: A Christian Study of the Ancient Religion of Japan
- Author: Milton S. Terry
- Publishers: Jennings and Graham, Eaton and Mains
- Print Publication Date: 1910
- Logos Release Date: 2015
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Shinto › Japan
- Resource ID: LLS:SHINTOCULT
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T15:57:42Z