СИНТО: уникальная религия Японии. Никита Образцов.

"The Lecture" is dedicated to Shintoism, one of the most unexplored and unique religious traditions in the world. In preparing the script, I used the following sources: 1) Pew Research Center report "Measuring Religion in Japan." Link: https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-conten... 2) Goreglyad V. N. Classical Culture of Japan: Essays on Spiritual Culture. - St. Petersburg: Petersburg Oriental Studies, 2006. - 352 p. 3) Sokyo Ono. Shinto: The Kami Way. 4) Kitagawa J. (1963). Prehistoric Background of Japanese Religion. // History of Religions, Vol. 2, No. 2. pp. 292-328 Timecodes: 00:00 - Imagine a religion without a founder, a personal god, and sacred texts! Introduction. 02:15 - Lecture outline. 03:26 - The geography of Japan and how it influenced the development of the country and its people. 07:22 - Early history of Japan: the Jomon and Yayoi periods. 10:40 - The Yamato era. The emergence of "official" Shinto. Amaterasu, the ancestor of the "king" of Yamato. 15:28 - The Kojiki and Nihon Shoki are the main texts of Shinto. 18:06 - Japanese mythology. The origin of the world. Izanagi and Izanami. Amaterasu. 19:46 - The transformation of Shinto throughout history. Shogunate. Meiji Restoration. Shinto after World War II. 21:20 - A detailed description of Shinto. The concept of "Kami." Mythology. Differences from animism. Differences from shamanism. 31:00 - External aspects of Shinto. Kaguro dances. Processions and ceremonies. Fun games, dances, and competitions. 34:30 - Is Shinto even a religion? An atheistic religion? 36:26 - The current state of Shinto. Freedom of conscience. The scientific study of Shinto is finally possible. 37:41 - A summary of Shinto. Interim conclusions. 40:18 - How many believers are there in Japan? The paradoxes of sociology. The importance of religion for the modern Japanese. 43:40 - Are the Japanese atheists? 45:49 - The civil religion of the Japanese. 46:29 - the main conclusion.