Neither Monk nor Layman : Clerical Marriage in Modern Japanese Buddhism /
Buddhism comes in many forms, but in Japan it stands apart from all the rest in one most striking way--the monks get married. In Neither Monk nor Layman, the most comprehensive study of this topic in any language, Richard Jaffe addresses the emergence of an openly married clergy as a momentous chang...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2021]
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Colección: | Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series ;
14 |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures and Table
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Reference Abbreviations
- Ministries and Other Government Institutions
- NEITHER MONK NOR LAYMAN
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Pre-Meiji Precedents
- Chapter 3 Jôdo Shin Buddhism and the Edo Period Debate over Nikujiki Saitai
- Chapter 4 The Household Registration System and the Buddhist Clergy
- Chapter 5 Passage of the Nikujiki Saitai Law: The Clergy and the Formation of Meiji Buddhist Policy
- Chapter 6 Horses with Horns: The Attack on Nikujiki Saitai
- Chapter 7 Denominational Resistance and the Modification of Government Policy
- Chapter 8 Tanaka Chigaku and the Buddhist Clerical Marriage: Toward a Positive Appraisal of Family Life
- Chapter 9 The Aftermath: From Doctrinal Concern to Practical Problem
- Chapter 10 Almost Home
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index