The Pluralism Project at Harvard UniversitySelected Links
Shinto Bibliography and Selected Links (2013)
(Shinto, On Common Ground)
Bibliography
Anesaki, M. History of Japanese Religion (Tokyo: Charles Tuttle), 1963.
Creemers, W. Shrine Shinto After World War II (Leiden: Brill), 1968.
Hardacre, Helen. Shinto and the State, 1868-1988 (Princeton: Princeton University Press), 1989.
Kitagawa, J.M. Religion in Japanese History (New York: Columbia University Press), 1966.
MacFarland, H. N. The Rush Hour of the Gods: A Study of New Religious Movements in Japan (New York: Macmillan), 1967.
Naofusa, Hirai (Translated from Japanese by Helen Hardacre). "Shinto" in Mircea Eliade, Victor Turner, et. al. eds. Encyclopedia of Religion (New York: Macmillan Press), 1987.
Noda, Kesa. "The Tsubaki Grand Shrine in Stockton, California." Pluralism Project Research Notes, 1992.
Ono, Sokyo. Shinto: The Kami Way (Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle), 2004 (1962).
Schneider, D.B. Konko-kyo: A Japanese Religion (Tokyo: International Institute for the Study of Religion), 1962.
Selected Links
Center for Shinto Studies and Japanese Culture
"A resource center for conducting academic research into the many traditions of Japanese Shinto."
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/jhti/shinto/index.html
Encyclopedia of Shinto
"Establishment of a National Learning Institute for the Dissemination of Research on Shinto and Japanese Culture"; publication of Kokugakuin University.
eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/xwords/
International Shinto Foundation
Information on the Shinto Global Network Research Fund and archived articles highlighting events.
www.shinto.org/isf/
Shinto- A Philosophical Introduction
Introduction to Shinto including links to shrines, Shinto glossary and a regularly updated section discussing issues including art, books, gender and myth.
www.nihonbunka.com/shinto/index.html
Shinto Online Network Association
Run by volunteer priests from The Association of Shinto Shrines, this site encourages accurate understanding of the Shinto religion.
jinja.jp/english/
Shinto Purification Rituals
This site offers explanatory text and video clips giving an aesthetic interpretation of Shinto purification rituals.
www.sunsite.berkeley.edu/jhti/shinto/project1.html
Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America
Originally erected in Stockton, California in 1987, the Tsubaki America Shrine was the first Shinto shrine built in mainland America. In May, 2001, this shrine was combined with Kannagara Jinja, outside of Seattle, Washington, as Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America.
www.TsubakiShrine.org