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Can I read Japanese Temple Buddhism : Worldliness in a Religion of Renunciation on EtoBox?
Japanese Temple Buddhism : Worldliness in a Religion of Renunciation by Stephen Grover Covell; Project Muse is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is Japanese Temple Buddhism : Worldliness in a Religion of Renunciation about?
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 role of the laity; and how a married clergy has affected life at temples and the image of priests. This volume is the first to address fully contemporary Buddhist life and ins
Who reads Japanese Temple Buddhism : Worldliness in a Religion of Renunciation?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Stephen Grover Covell; Project Muse
- Publisher
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780824863135
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- History, Buddhism, Religion
- Updated
- 2026-03-25