村上重良著,日本岩波书店一九八一年出版,211页。宗教在日本的历史和社会中占有重要地位。在今天日本的各种教派超过四百种;各种寺院,神社、教堂等设施多达二十三万余所,从事宗教事业者六十多万人;信教者占全人口的百分之三十四,包括间 Murakami, Japan, Iwanami Bookstore, published in 1981, 211 pages. Religion occupies an important place in Japan’s history and society. Today, there are more than 400 denominations in Japan. There are more than 230,000 temples, shrines and churches, more than 600,000 religious workers, and 3% of the total religious population Fourteen, including the room