Bonds of the dead : temples, burial, and the transformation of contemporary Japanese Buddhism /
Despite popular images of priests seeking enlightenment in snow-covered mountain temples, the central concern of Japanese Buddhism is death. For that reason, Japanese Buddhism's social and economic base has long been in mortuary services-a base now threatened by public debate over the status, t...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Japonés |
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Chicago ; London :
The University of Chicago Press,
[2011]
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Colección: | Buddhism and modernity.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |