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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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Autor principal: Jaffe, Richard M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Colección:Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series ; 14
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  • 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