By Stuart D. B. Picken. Westport and London: Greenwood Press, 1994. Pp. xxxi + 440.

The Essentials of Shinto describes itself as "primarily a work of reference." But given the dearth of serious English-language studies of Shinto, Picken's book has to serve also as its own introduction, though the author does recommend his earlier title, Shinto: Japan's Spiritual Roots (Kodansha International, 1980). In fact, in the introductory and final material, the book spends a great deal of time just arguing for giving Shinto serious consideration as a religion.

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