Japanese Temple Buddhism: Worldliness in a Religion of Renunciation (Topics in Contemporary Buddhism)

by StephenG.Covell (Author)

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  Paperback
  2005

  $33.22

  There study of the history of Japanese Buddhism addresses organization and practice in contemporary Buddhism, and questions 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.