Sacred High City, Sacred Low City: A Tale of Religious Sites in Two Tokyo Neighborhoods

by Steven Heine

In Sacred High City, Sacred Low City, Steven Heine argues that lived religion in Japan functions as an integral part of daily life; any apparent lack of interest masks a fundamental commitment to participating regularly in diverse, though diffused, religious practices. The book uses case studies of religious sites at two representative but contrasting Tokyo neighborhoods as a basis for reflecting on this apparently contradictory quality. In what...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199861447
• ISBN13: 9780199861446
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"