ee
      Fe
      a
      oe
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Shinto
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Shinto
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Shintoism
      is
      acomplex
      of
      ancient
      Japanese
      folk
     
     
      beliefs
      and
      rituals
      that
      developed
      into
      a
      national
     
     
      patriotic
      cult.
      In
      early
      Japan
      the
      diverse
      local
      prac-
     
     
      tices
      did
      not
      constitute
      2
      religious
      system.
      There
      were
     
     
      groups
      of
      ritualists,
      abstainers
      and
      taboo
      experts,
     
     
      diviners,
      and
      reciters
      of
      tradition.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Shinto
      has
      little
      theology
      and
      no
      congregational
     
     
      worship.
      Individuais
      worship
      whenever
      they
      wish.
      Its
     
     
      unifying
      concept
      is
      kami
      inadequately
      translated
      as
     
     
      **go0d’’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Modern
      Shinto
      was
      founded
      by
      Kamo
      Matachi
      and
     
     
      Motoori
      Norinaga
      in
      the
      seventeenth
      century.
     
     
      Motoori’s
      explanation
      of
      kami
      included
      the
      myriad
     
     
      deities
      of
      heaven
      and
      earth,
      sprits
      of
      shrines,
      birds,
     
     
      beasts,
      trees,
      sea,
      mountains,
      ‘‘anything
      whatsoever
     
     
      which
      was
      outside
      the
      ordinary,
      which
      possed
      supe-
     
     
      rior
      power
      or
      which
      was
      awe-inspiring...evil
      and
     
     
      mysterious
      things
      if
      they
      are
      extraordinary
      and
      dread-
     
     
      ful’’
      as
      well
      as
      the
      sacred
      emperors,
      persons
      in
      au-
     
     
      thority,
      thunder,
      foxes,
      wolves,
      and
      peaches
      (sex
     
     
      symbols).
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Taoism
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Confucianism
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      "X<P
      RESS
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Sikhism
     
     
      The
      Sikh
      Religion
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Sikh
      religion
      combines
      elements
      of
      Islam
      and
     
     
      Hinduism.
      It
      was
      founded
      by
      Guru
      Nanak
      who
      began
     
    
   
   
    
     
      his
      teaching
      in
      1499.
      Sat
      Nam
      (‘‘true
      name’’)
      was
     
     
      Nanak’s
      monotheistic
      deity.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Sikhs
      abide
      by
      the
      ‘‘five
      k’s’’:
      -not
      to
      cut
      hair
      or
     
     
      beard
      (kes)
      -to
      wear.a
      comb
      (kanga)
      -shorts
      (kach)
      -
     
     
      iron
      bracelet
      (kartha)
      -carry
      a
      sword
      (kirpan)
     
    

    
     
      Most
      Sikhs
      refrain
      from
      smoking
      and
      Baptism
      is
     
     
      volutary.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      main
      Sikh
      devotion
      is
      to
      service:
      service
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      one’s
      family,
      to
      Sikhism,
      to
      mankind,
      and
      finally
      the
     
     
      greatest
      service
      ofall,
      to
      God
      through
      martyrdom.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      26,
      1992
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