An edition of Japanese Temple Buddhism (2005)
Japanese Temple Buddhism
Worldliness in a Religion of Renunciation (Topics in Contemporary Buddhism)
By Stephen G. Covell
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Publish Date
August 9, 2006
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Language
eng
Pages
293
Description:
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.
subjects: Buddhism, Buddhist priests, Office, Buddhism, japan, History, Bouddhisme, Histoire, Prêtres bouddhistes, Ministère