Japanese temple Buddhism : worldliness in a religion of renunciation
Stephen G. Covell
Japanese temple Buddhism : worldliness in a religion of renunciation
المؤلف
Stephen G. Covellطبع 1
قائمة
شناسنامه
العنوان واسم المؤلف
Japanese temple Buddhism : worldliness in a religion of renunciation / Stephen G. Covellبيانات النشر
هونولولو : University of Hawaii Press، 2005مالمواصفات الشكلية
xii, 256 p.; 24 cm.الموضوع
Buddhism -- Japan -- 1945-Buddhist priests -- Japan Office
مسلسل
(Topics in contemporary Buddhism؛ )اللغة
انگلیسیملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references )p. ]932[-942( and index.المحتويات
Temple Buddhism today: scholarly and popular images of corruption -- Laity and the temple: past and present -- Trying to have it both ways: the laity in a world-renouncer organization? -- The contemporary priesthood: images of identity crisis -- New priests for new times? -- Coming to terms: temple wives and world-renouncers -- Money and the temple: law, taxes and the image of Buddhism -- The price of naming the dead: funerals, posthumous precept names, and changing views of the afterlife