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Ascetic Practices in Japanese Religion by Lobetti, Tullio Federico. is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
What is Ascetic Practices in Japanese Religion about?
Ascetic practices are a common feature of religion in Japan, practiced by different religious traditions. This book looks at these ascetic practices in an inter-sectarian and inter-doctrinal fashion, in order to highlight the underlying themes common to all forms of asceticism. It does so by employing a multidisciplinary methodology, which integrates participant fieldwork – the author himself engaged extensively in ascetic practices – with a hermeneutical interpretation of the body as the primar
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- Author
- Lobetti, Tullio Federico.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis (CAM)
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781134472734
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Science, Christian, Religion
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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