Beliefs- Is Shinto a religion?
- Japanese people don't usually think of Shinto specifically as a religion - it's simply an aspect of Japanese life.
- Beliefs about the universe
- Shinto does not split the universe into a natural physical world and a supernatural transcendent world. It regards everything as part of a single unified creation.
- Kami
- Shinto is based on worship of kami. The best English translation is 'spirits', but kami are not just spiritual beings - can be elements of the landscape or forces of nature.
- Purity in Shinto
- Purity is at the heart of Shinto's understanding of good and evil. Impurity, or pollution, is in some ways similar to the English concept of sin.
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