Illustrations <br/><br/> Preface <br/><br/> Part I: The Structure of Religious Groups <br/><br/> Chapter 1: Japanese Religious Affiliations: Motives and Obligations <br/><br/> Part II: The Dynamics of Social Conflict <br/><br/> Chapter 2: Pilgrimage and World Renewal <br/><br/> Chapter 3: The Cross and the Cudgel <br/><br/> Part III: The Dynamics of Social and Economic Change <br/><br/> Chapter 4: The Weber Thesis and the Economic Development of Japan <br/><br/> Chapter 5: Buddhism and Modernization <br/><br/> Chapter 6: Ittoen: The Work Ethic of a Buddhist Utopia <br/><br/> Part IV: Secularization and National Identity <br/><br/> Chapter 7: The Secularization of Japanese Religion <br/><br/> Chapter 8: Japan Theory and Civil Religion <br/><br/> Notes <br/><br/> Index