[( Bonds of the Dead: Temples, Burial, and the Transformation of Contemporary Japanese Buddhism )] [by: Mark Michael Rowe] [Nov-2011]

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 8601402709939


Bonds of the Dead 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. Full description