Culture of Secrecy in Japanese Religion

Informationen zum Autor Bernhard Scheid is a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.Mark Teeuwen is Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Oslo! Norway. Klappentext Traces out the characteristics and practices in Japanese religion! and analyzes the decline of religious esotericism in Japan. The essays in this work refer to Esoteric Buddhism as the core of Japan's "culture of secrecy". It focuses on the impact of Esoteric Buddhism on Japanese culture! and includes comparative chapters on India and China. Zusammenfassung This fascinating collection traces the secret characteristics and practices in Japanese religion and analyzes the decline of religious esotericism in Japan. The contributors examine the impact of Esoteric Buddhism on Japanese culture, exploring its centrality to Japan’s ‘culture of secrecy’. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Japan's Medieval Culture of Secrecy Part 1: Prologue 2. Secrets! Secrecy! and the Study of Religions 3.The Problem of Secrecy in Indian Tantric Buddhism 4.Myth and Secrecy in Tang-Period Tantric Buddhism Part 2: Japan's Medieval Culture of Secrecy 5. Secrecy in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism 6.Reconsidering the Taxonomy of the "Esoteric" 7. Knowing vs. Owning a Secret 8. Secrecy! Sex and Apocrypha 9. Esotericism in Noh Commentaries and Plays 10. The Elephant in the Room 11. Myths! Rites! and Icons 12.Two Modes of Secrecy Part 3: The Demise of Secrecy 13.When Secrecy Ends 14.Hiding the Shoguns 15."Esoteric" and "Public"

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Bernhard Scheid, Bernhard (Austrian Academy of Science Scheid, Scheid Bernhard, Mark Teeuwen, Teeuwen Mark
• Con la collaborazione di: Bernhard Scheid (Editore), Mark Teeuwen (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 13.09.2006
• EAN: 9780415387132
• ISBN: 978-0-415-38713-2
• Pagine: 416
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Japan, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, RELIGION / Shintoism, Buddhism, Religion: general, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General