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A History of Japanese Buddhism.
First study in English on Japanese Buddhism by a distinguished scholar in the field of Religious Studies will be widely welcomed. The main focus is on the tradition of the monk (o-bo-san) as the main agent of Buddhism, together with the historical processes by which monks have developed Japanese Bud...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
BRILL,
2007.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; List of plates; Introduction; 1 Characteristics of Japanese Buddhism; 2 Ancient Buddhism 0 official monks; 3 Official and reclusive monks; 4 Medieval Japanese towns and the rise of Kamakura New Buddhism; 5 Fieldwork in Kamakura; 6 Black and White; 7 The era of religious fund-raising; 8 The salvation of outcasts; 9 The salvation of women; 10 The logic of funerals; 11 The new thinking of Kamakura New Buddhism; 12 The rise of medieval towns; 13 Buddhism in the Muromachi era; 14 Buddhists in the Edo era; 15 Moral times and Japanese Buddhism.