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BONDS OF THE DEAD - TEMPLES, BURIAL AND THETRANSFORMATION OF CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE BUDDHISM - Buddhism and Modernity Mark Michael Rowe
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BONDS OF THE DEAD - TEMPLES, BURIAL AND THETRANSFORMATION OF CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE BUDDHISM - Buddhism and Modernity
Mark Michael Rowe
Despite popular images of priests seeking enlightenment in snow-covered mountain temples, the central concern of Japanese Buddhism is death. This title investigates what changing burial forms reveal about the ways temple Buddhism is perceived and propagated in contemporary Japan.
256 pages, 10 halftones, 2 line drawings, 2 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 1, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9780226730134 |
| Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 234 × 157 × 22 mm · 508 g |