The Other Side of Zen - A Social History of Soto Zen Buddhism in Tokugawa Japan

Zusatztext " The Other Side of Zen offers a rich, ground-breaking contribution to the history of the Soto Zen sect and of Tokugawa Japan." ---Cristina Rocha, Philosophy East & West Duncan Ryuken Williams is Assistant Professor of East Asian Buddhism and Culture at the University of California, Irvine. "This is the first significant contribution in a Western language on Soto Zen of this period. The author's approach is innovative. His use of recently discovered sources, well synthesized, has helped the author succeed in demythologizing the Soto tradition. The book reflects the best of Japanese scholarship."--Michel Mohr, independent scholar"This book--well argued, well documented and filled with fascinating material--demonstrates the strengths of a social history approach to the study of Buddhist life and contributes to the field of Zen studies in a dramatic way."--Charles Hallisey, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Product details

• Authors: Duncan Ry?ken Williams, Duncan Ryuken Williams, Duncan Ryūken Williams
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.11.2004
• EAN: 9780691119281
• ISBN: 978-0-691-11928-1
• No. of pages: 241
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Bilingual editions > German/English; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions