Nationalism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Grosby Steven

Author:Grosby, Steven [Grosby, Steven]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005-09-07T16:00:00+00:00

Religion was an important factor in the development of a distinctive culture in each of these pre-modern societies. The god of Israel was Yahweh, while those countries that bordered Israel had different gods: for Aram to its north, the god Hadad; for Ammon to its northeast, Milcom; for Moab directly to its east, Chemosh; and for Egypt to its south, Horus-Seth (or Amen-Re). Policies of the Israelite centre during the reign of King Josiah (640–609 BCE) sought to make consistent the worship of Yahweh throughout the land, with the Passover Festival and sacrifice allowed only at the Temple in Jerusalem. In Japan, by the late 7th century CE, the emperor’s family had appropriated the sun goddess Amaterasu, as not only its divine ancestor but also as being ascendant over all local, clan gods, the kami. Furthermore, the Japanese centre, through its ‘council of kami affairs’, controlled the worship of the Shinto kami at both the court (including at Ise, the site of the shrine of Amaterasu) and local levels. The centre also constructed throughout Japan Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples, as Buddhism was also under imperial control during this period.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.