RELIGIONS
SHINTO
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Question
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Which of the following beliefs is shared by an African who practices animism and a Japanese who practices Shinto?
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Only one God rules the universe.
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Spirits exist in both living and nonliving things.
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All suffering is caused by desire and selfishness.
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Periodic fasting is essential to spiritual purity.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In one way or another, discourses of animism invariably occur in reference to Shinto, the ‘vast and many-sided’ indigenous substratum of Japanese popular religion (Maraini, 1983: 52).
Detailed explanation-2: -According to Clemmont E. Vontress, the various religious traditions of Africa are united by a basic Animism. According to him, the belief in spirits and ancestors is the most important element of African religions. Gods were either self-created or evolved from spirits or ancestors which got worshiped by the people.
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