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January 2, 2016

Continuing updates on the  • minzoku NEO-shintô: A Book of Little Traditions e-Book.

May 20, 2014

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January 5, 2014

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March 23, 2013

Current updates on the  • minzoku NEO-shintô: A Book of Little Traditions e-Book. The Daoist section has been greatly expanded. Work on updating the index is nearly done, and work on expanding the practices section is under way. Any questions you may have about minzoku NEO-shintô will be answered at the  • FaceBook group for minzoku NEO-shintô 

February 11, 2013

Current updates on the  • minzoku NEO-shintô: A Book of Little Traditions e-Book. The Buddhist and Confucuian sections have been greatly expanded. Work is in process on expanding the Daoist section. There is now a  • FaceBook group for minzoku NEO-shintô 

March 21, 2012

Work continues on the  • minzoku NEO-shintô: A Book of Little Traditions e-Book. The kana and kanji have been added, and the rough indexing is done. Expanding content and internal linking are our top priority now.

February 4, 2012

The e-Book  • minzoku NEO-shintô: A Book of Little Traditions is undergoing a major revision, adding both the kana, and the kanji with their associated meanings, for the Japanese terms. Content is also being expanded with more terms and fuller explanations of many of the existing terms. Once the content has been upgraded, a linked index will be added to allow you to quickly find and jump to the information you're looking for.

November 10, 2010

Our first new book in the e-Book Catalog —  • minzoku NEO-shintô: A Book of Little Traditions. What is minzoku NEO-shintô? The technical answer is, "A universalist approach to an existential Japanese folk religion." But what does that mean? To break it down, universalist means it's open to anyone who's sincerely interested, it's not just for people of Japanese ancestory. Existential means it's based on personal experience, not on scripture or dogma. Folk religion means it's a religion as practiced by the commons – the everyday people – and on a local basis; it's not a religion as taught in the seminaries, universities, or on a national or international basis.