Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 102-111.

Introduction to Japanese religion -- Persistent themes in Japanese religious history -- The earliest religious tradition in Japan -- The formation of Shinto -- Early Japanese Buddhism : Indian influence with Chinese coloration -- Confucianism and religious Taoism in Japan : Chinese importations -- Interactions in the formation of Japanese religion -- The founding of a Japanese Buddhism : the Tendai and Shingon sects -- Elaboration within Japanese Buddhism : the Pure Land, Nichiren, and Zen sects -- The development of medieval Shinto -- The appearance of Christianity in Japan -- The five traditions : development and mutual influence -- Buddhism and neo-Confucianism in the Tokugawa period, and restoration Shinto -- The Meiji restoration and nationalistic Shinto -- Religious currents from 1868 to 1945 : Buddhism, Christianity, and the new religions -- Religion in postwar Japan -- The history and future of Japanese religion.