The culture of secrecy in Japanese religion
edited by Bernhard Scheid and Mark Teeuwen
The culture of secrecy in Japanese religion
المؤلف
edited by Bernhard Scheid and Mark Teeuwenالناشر
Routledgeطبع 1
قائمة
شناسنامه
العنوان واسم المؤلف
The culture of secrecy in Japanese religion / edited by Bernhard Scheid and Mark Teeuwenبيانات النشر
نیویورک : Routledge، 2006مالمواصفات الشكلية
xvii, 397 p.; 24 cm.الموضوع
Secrecy Religious aspectsSecrecy - Japan
Secrecy Religious aspects Tantric Buddhism
Tantric Buddhism - Japan History
Japan Civilization Buddhist influences
اللغة
انگلیسیملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references and index.المحتويات
Japan's medieval culture of secrecy -- Secrets, secrecy, and the study of religions -- The Problem of secrecy in Indian Tantric Buddhism -- Myth and secrecy in Tang-period Tantric Buddhism -- Japan's medieval culture of secrecy -- Secrecy in Japanese esoteric Buddhism -- Reconsidering the taxonomy of the "esoteric" -- Knowing vs. owning a secret -- Secrecy, sex and apocrypha -- Esotericism in noh commentaries and plays -- The elephant in the room -- Myths, rites, and Icons -- Two modes of secrecy -- The demise of secrecy -- When secrecy ends -- Hiding the shoguns -- "Esoteric" and "public"