{"product_id":"rearranging-the-landscape-of-the-sarah-thal-9780226794211","title":"Rearranging the Landscape of the Gods: The Politics of a Pilgrimage Site in Japan, 1573-1912","description":"When people create new societies, economies, and nations--both now and in the past--they create gods, rituals, and miracles to support them. Even what seem to be some of the most timeless and sacred sites in the world have been shaped, reshaped, and reinterpreted by countless people to produce oases of peace and nature today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing miracle tales, votive plaques, diaries, and newspapers, Sarah Thal traces such changes at one of the most popular Japanese pilgrimage sites of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: the shrine of Konpira on the island of Shikoku. This rich and fascinating history explores how people from all walks of life gave shape to the gods, shrines, and rituals so often attributed to ancient, indigenous Japan. Thal shows how worshippers and priests, rulers and entrepreneurs, repeatedly rebuilt and reinterpreted Konpira to reflect their needs and aspirations in a changing world--and how, in doing so, they helped shape the structures of the modern state, economy, and society in turn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRearranging the Landscape of the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e will be welcomed by all scholars of Japanese history and by students of religion interested in the construction of modernity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Thal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226794210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226794211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 409\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.54w x 0.90d","brand":"Sarah Thal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48064793641215,"sku":"9780226794211","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d18179c8-c562-47ce-bfd9-4fa0a9fb9a0f.jpg?v=1768671089","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rearranging-the-landscape-of-the-sarah-thal-9780226794211","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}