Stefan Köck is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria. Brigitte Pickl-Kolaczia is a doctoral candidate at Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria. Bernhard Scheid is a senior researcher at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria.
This collection represents the highest standards of research on Shinto and should become required reading for Japanese studies. --Helen Hardacre, Professor of Japanese Religions and Society, Harvard University, USA Religion, Power, and the Rise of Shinto in Early Modern Japan makes a field-transforming contribution by highlighting the 17th century as a key moment, indeed a turning point, in Japanese religious history with important ramifications for the history of Shinto and government religious policy. --Luke Roberts, Professor of History, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA