Citation

Imaoka, Shin’ichirō. The Image of the Shintō Shrine as Drawn by a Free Religionist. Translated by Andrew James Brown, Oct. 1980, https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTgvwLgEa8a258r6GYosYiGzEHL0i-GP5JkDRDylt9cvd86eQtzE6G5Kco8f1AuuhrgLgbydOBYX356/pub#h.6iyumgntkc5h.

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When did Imaoka started serious study of Shinto? :: When he specialized in religious studies at the university.

"I came to think that if Shintō or Buddhism were genuine, then that was sufficient." — Imaoka

Three areas of study Imaoka devoted himself into:
1.
2. Free-religious movement in the West
3. Buddhism in the East, especially Zen
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Shinto

Three areas of study Imaoka devoted himself into:

1. Shinto
3. Buddhism in the East, especially Zen
   ?
   Free-religious movement in the West

Three areas of study Imaoka devoted himself into:

1. Shinto
2. Free-religious movement in the West

?
Buddhism in the East, especially Zen

Three areas of study Imaoka devoted himself into:
?

1. Shinto
2. Free-religious movement in the West
3. Buddhism in the East, especially Zen

A controversial Japanese text establishing a connection between Japanese people and Mesopotamia. (hint: Magana) :: Hotsuma Tsutae

Age of Imaoka when he felt that to grasp the quintessence of Shinto and shrines was his life's final task. :: 99

What did Imaoka felt like his final task at age 99? :: To grasp the quintessence of Shinto and shrines

Per Imaoka, what is the view of personal religions regarding salvation? :: If the individual is saved, society will also be saved.

Per Imaoka, the true savior and God is the community.

Per Imaoka, for a Shinto community to be a true community, what must it do? :: Unify with larger communities.

Shinto shrines of a blood-related and temporal community are called ujigami. (Hint: Abrigo)

Shinto shrines of a regional and spatial community are called ubusuna.

Imaoka uses what term to refer inclusively to both ujigami and ubusuna Shinto shrines? :: Local community shrine

Per Imaoka, what is the mission of the local community shrine in Shinto? :: To integrate isolated individuals into a community.

Per Imaoka, how does the local community shrine in Shinto approach differences within the community? :: Embraces them while guiding them to unification.

Why are there no buildings in certain Shinto shrines? :: A natural object is the shrine.

Per Imaoka, for Shinto practitioners living in the space age, what should be considered a shrine? :: The Great Cosmos

Per Imaoka, how should a Shinto shrine's Chief Priest determined? :: Through election, not succession

A Shinto shrine's parishioners are called ujiko.

To realize his vision of a Shinto shrine that unifies the sacred and the secular, what change in activities conducted there does Imaoka proposes? :: Go beyond simply life ceremonies and add regular gatherings.

Questions

Why does Imaoka equate theism with individualism?