Japanese Temple Buddhism: Worldliness in a Religion of Renunciation 9780824863135
There have been many studies that focus on aspects of the history of Japanese Buddhism. Until now, none have addressed i
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Table of contents :
Contents
Series Editor’s Preface
Acknowledgments
Reign Periods
Introduction Snapshots of Buddhism in Today’s Japan
1. Temple Buddhism Today Scholarly and Popular Images of Corruption
2. Laity and the Temple Past and Present
3. Trying to Have It Both Ways The Laity in a World-Renouncer Organization
4. The Contemporary Priesthood Images of Identity Crisis
5. New Priests for New Times?
6. Coming to Terms Temple Wives and World-Renouncers
7. Money and the Temple Law, Taxes, and the Image of Buddhism
8. The Price of Naming the Dead Funerals, Posthumous Precept Names, and Changing Views of the Afterlife
Epilogue The World of Householding World-Renouncers
Notes
Sources Cited
Index
About the Author
Contents
Series Editor’s Preface
Acknowledgments
Reign Periods
Introduction Snapshots of Buddhism in Today’s Japan
1. Temple Buddhism Today Scholarly and Popular Images of Corruption
2. Laity and the Temple Past and Present
3. Trying to Have It Both Ways The Laity in a World-Renouncer Organization
4. The Contemporary Priesthood Images of Identity Crisis
5. New Priests for New Times?
6. Coming to Terms Temple Wives and World-Renouncers
7. Money and the Temple Law, Taxes, and the Image of Buddhism
8. The Price of Naming the Dead Funerals, Posthumous Precept Names, and Changing Views of the Afterlife
Epilogue The World of Householding World-Renouncers
Notes
Sources Cited
Index
About the Author
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- Stephen G. Covell
