SHINTO

(See also Japan; Religion)

beginnings of: g84 1/8 5

beliefs: g85 8/22 12; g64 4/22 17; g61 4/22 15; g51 4/22 10, 12; ta 342; g40 2/21 26

Catholic Church: g54 11/8 12; g44 12/20 23-24; g42 1/7 21

connection with sumo wrestling: g83 6/8 16, 19

dispute with Buddhists over religious structures in Nikko: g83 10/8 29

enshrined World War II militarists: g79 8/8 29

experience: yb65 149-150

gods:

fox god: g82 9/8 31

pantheon of gods: gh 48; w60 40; w58 744; g50 10/22 20; g46 4/24 29; g42 2/18 12; g42 3/4 3

God’s view of: g61 4/22 28

Jinja Honcho association: g85 8/22 13

meaning of term: g85 8/22 12; g54 11/8 12

membership: g85 5/8 10; g85 12/8 9; w71 14

number of sects: w83 9/15 3

origin: g85 8/22 12

relics: w60 40; g36 9/9 793

religion in Japan: yb73 210-211, 214; g66 9/22 12

religious writings: gh 12; im 21

shrines: mg63 158

Yasukuni Shrine: g81 12/8 30

similarity to religion of ancient Babylon: g85 8/22 12

State Shinto disbanded: g85 8/22 13

used by military to mobilize for World War II: g85 8/22 13

why people become Shintoists: g64 4/22 5-6