BONDS OF THE DEAD - TEMPLES, BURIAL AND THETRANSFORMATION OF CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE BUDDHISM - Buddhism and Modernity - Mark Michael Rowe - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226730134 - November 1, 2011
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BONDS OF THE DEAD - TEMPLES, BURIAL AND THETRANSFORMATION OF CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE BUDDHISM - Buddhism and Modernity


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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

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