Japanese temple Buddhism : worldliness in a religion of renunciation /
Stephen Covell addresses fully contemporary Buddhist life and institutions - topics often overlooked in the conflict between the rhetoric of renunciation and the practices of clerical marriage and householding that characterise much of Buddhism in today's Japan.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaii Press,
©2005.
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Colección: | Topics in contemporary Buddhism.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Stephen Covell addresses fully contemporary Buddhist life and institutions - topics often overlooked in the conflict between the rhetoric of renunciation and the practices of clerical marriage and householding that characterise much of Buddhism in today's Japan. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 256 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-249) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781435665521 143566552X 9780824863135 0824863135 |