Bonds Of The Dead: Temples, Burial, And The Transformation Of Contemporary Japanese Buddhism

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.

• | By (Author): Mark Michael Rowe
• | Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 01, 2011
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0226730158
• | ISBN-13: 9780226730158