  == Animist or not? ==  'Animist' and 'animism' are not mentioned in the article. Yet there are sources that say that Shinto falls into the animist category. The question of whether Shinto is animist is in the Talk archive, but I think that it needs to be addressed in the article. High school students need this, I know of at least one high school textbook that says that Shinto is an animist religion. Please could those who know of references to this matter address the question in the article.  