Japanese Temple Buddhism - Worldliness in a Religion of Renunciation

Zusammenfassung There study of the history of Japanese Buddhism addresses organization and practice in contemporary Buddhism! and questions how Japanese Buddhism came to be seen as a religion of funeral practices; how Buddhist institutions envision the role of the laity; and how a married clergy has affected life at temples and the image of priests.

About the author

Stephen G. Covell is chair of the Department of Comparative Religion and Mary Meader Professor of Comparative Religion at Western Michigan University.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Covell, Stephen G Covell, Stephen G. Covell
• Assisted by: George J. Tanabe (Editor)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2005
• EAN: 9780824829674
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-2967-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Topics in Contemporary Buddhis; Topics in Contemporary Buddhism; Topics in Contemporary Buddhis; Topics in Contemporary Buddhism
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works