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“In order to understand
Japanese religion,
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we must
comprehend it within its own
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context, in its
own historical setting, and
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though its own
activities. The materials in
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this book are
selected and organized to aid
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this
understanding and at the same time to
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cover aspects
of Japanese religion as
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possible: the
content of the various
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traditions the
basic characteristics of the
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religious
heritage as a whole, the changes
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and ambiguities
through the passage of
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time”(Earhart,
3)
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