Japanese Temple Buddhism

By Stephen Covell,

Book cover of Japanese Temple Buddhism: Worldliness in a Religion of Renunciation

Book description

There have been many studies that focus on aspects of the history of Japanese Buddhism. Until now, none have addressed important questions of organization and practice in contemporary Buddhism, questions such as how Japanese Buddhism came to be seen as a religion of funeral practices; how Buddhist institutions envision the…

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1 author picked Japanese Temple Buddhism as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Most books on Buddhism emphasise the monastic tradition, meditation and a life of strict morality, removed from the everyday world of ordinary people. Much of Japanese Buddhism, however, is conducted by married priests living modern lives in direct interaction with secular society. This book provides an important antidote to contemporary stereotypes.

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