East Asian studies continue to produce distinguished scholarship on: kinship and social organization; religions (beliefs and rituals); educational systems; arts and performing arts; and healthcare systems. Excellent studies of the institutionalized religions of Buddhism and Confucianism, shared by most Asi...
Religiously compatible – based on the faith values, beliefs, heritage and traditions. Environmentally appropriate – ensures that the harvest of timber and non-timber products, as well as care of sacred areas, maintains the forest’s biodiversity, productivity and ecological processes. Also, that th...
Dōkyō, (from Chinese Tao-chiao, “Teaching of the Way”), popular or religious Taoism, as distinguished from philosophical Taoism, as introduced into Japan from China. It was the source of many widespread Japanese folk beliefs and practices of divinati