Japanese religion （日本の宗教）
Why is Japanese religious orientation eclectic?
どうして日本人は複数の宗教を同時に信仰するのか？
Japanese indigenous religion, Shinto, has no founder or written doctrine
and places a great emphasis on ancestor and nature worship.
and places a great emphasis on ancestor and nature worship.
Japanese with no strong religious beliefs as traditional customs handed
down from our ancestors, This has developed great tolerance for other
religions.
The other Japanese major religion, Buddhism, has founder, but he was a
human, not the absolute, almighty god as that of Christianity or Islam.
down from our ancestors, This has developed great tolerance for other
religions.
The other Japanese major religion, Buddhism, has founder, but he was a
human, not the absolute, almighty god as that of Christianity or Islam.
This has also contributed to Japanese tolerance toward other religions.
Those are the reasons why Japanese religious orientation is eclectic.
Those are the reasons why Japanese religious orientation is eclectic.
