Research guides: Asian Religions: Shinto

Shinto

A Popular Dictionary of Shinto.
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By B. Bocking.
Richmond, England: Curzon Press, 1996.
An academic dictionary that provides over a thousand entries on concepts, festivals, artifacts, deities, shrines, and facets of popular Shinto. Though there is no bibliography, the author refers to a number of useful works in the introduction and the thematic indexes make it easy to find cross-references.
Essentials of Shinto: An Analytical Guide to Principal Teachings.
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By S.D.B. Picken.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994.
A good guide to resources on Shinto religion, philosophy, and shrines. It lists primary sources on the institutional and intellectual history of Shinto sects, including splinter sects.
Shinto Bibliography in Western Languages: Bibliography on Shinto and Religious Sects, Intellectual Schools and Movements Influenced by Shintoism.
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By A. Schwade.
Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 1986.
Bibliography of Shinto and its influence on Japanese society and religion.