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Bonds of the dead : temples, burial, and the transformation of contemporary Japanese Buddhism / Mark Michael Rowe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rowe, Mark (Mark Michael)
- Series:
- Buddhism and modernity
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies--Japan.
- Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies.
- Buddhism--Japan.
- Buddhism.
- Japan.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
- Contents:
- The "death" of Japanese Buddhism
- Avoiding abandonment
- Challenging the status quo - myōkōji
- Limitless connections - tōchōji
- Scattering ashes
- Sectarian researchers and the funeral problem
- Appendix: Jōdo sect survey of funerary Buddhism.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226730134
- 0226730131
- 9780226730158
- 0226730158
- OCLC:
- 707842218
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