101 Questions & Answers on Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto packs a great deal of information about three major East Asian faith communities―Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto―-into a series of brief, thematically arranged sections, all in the popular question and answer format. Major areas include: ―origins and early sources. ―spread and development. ―doctrines and practices. ―authority, law, and ethics. ―spirituality and popular piety. ―religion and artistic expression. ―internal diversity and external relations. ―women, family, and society. ―Chinese and Japanese traditions here and now. Designed as a companion volume to the author's other volumes on Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam in this series, this book is perfect for ―high school and college courses. ―adult/continuing education groups. ―inquiring minds. †

Review

The answers are well thought out and well written so they are as clear as possible. -- Readers Preference Reviews and Midwest Book Review

About the Author

John Renard, who has a Ph.D. in Islamic studies from Harvard University, is professor of theological studies at St. Louis University. He is the author of Responses to 101 Questions books on Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism, as well as editor of Ibn 'Abbad of Ronda: Letters on the Sufi Path (Paulist Press™, Classics of Western Spirituality™).