101 Questions & Answers on Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto

by John Renard

101 Questions & Answers on Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto packs a great deal of information about three major East Asian faith communities―Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto―-into a series of brief, thematically arranged sections, all in the popular question and answer format. Major areas ―origins and early sources. ―spread and development. ―doctrines and practices. ―authority, law, and ethics. ―spirituality and popular piety. ―religion and artistic expression. ―internal diversity and external relations. ―women, family, and society. ―Chinese and Japanese traditions here and now. Designed as a companion volume to the author's other volumes on Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam in this series, this book is perfect for ―high school and college courses. ―adult/continuing education groups. ―inquiring minds. †

256 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2002

Reviews

[Jennifer]

I've made it about 1/4 way through this book so far. It gives a good overview of Confucianism, Daoism and Shinto and how they sort of relate to each other. It answers questions about how these religions came into existence, around what time period and how they are still practiced today.