Contents

Acknowledgements
Author’s Preface
Introduction: The Future of Shugendo Scholarship by GaynorSekimori
CHAPTER ONE Japanese Folk Religion in an Information Society
CHAPTER TWO Folk Religion in Japan
CHAPTER THREE Shugendo in History
CHAPTER FOUR Shugendo in Practice
CHAPTER FIVE The Religious Experience of Shugendo and its Expression
CHAPTER SIX The Influence of Shugendo on Japanese New Religions
Appendix: The Works of Miyake Hitoshi by Gaynor Sekimori
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors


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