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Buddhism

Shots in the Dark Japan, Zen, and the West

Yamada Shoji

ISBN: PB: 9780226947655, ISBN: HB: 9780226947648, University of Chicago Press, January 2012
304 pp., 23x15 cm, 8 halftones, 6 line illus.

In the years after World War II, Westerners and Japanese alike elevated Zen to the quintessence of spirituality in Japan. Pursuing the sources of Zen as a Japanese ideal, Shoji Yamada uncovers the surprising role of two cultural touchstones: Eugen He...

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Buddhism

Bonds of the Dead Temples, Burial, and the Transformation of Contemporary Japanese Buddhism

Rowe Mark Michael

ISBN: PB: 9780226730158, ISBN: HB: 9780226730134, University of Chicago Press, November 2011
256 pp., 23x15 cm, 2 tables, 10 halftones, 2 line illus.

Despite popular images of priests seeking enlightenment in snow-covered mountain temples, the central concern of Japanese Buddhism is death. For that reason, Japanese Buddhism's social and economic base has long been in mortuary services – a base now...

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Buddhism and Science A Guide for the Perplexed

Lopez Donald S.

ISBN: PB: 9780226493190, ISBN: HB: 9780226493121, University of Chicago Press, September 2010
278 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Beginning in the nineteenth century and continuing to the present day, both practitioners and admirers of Buddhism have proclaimed its compatibility with science. In "Buddhism and Science", Donald S. Lopez Jr. explores how and why these two seemingly...

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Buddhism

Spirit of the Buddha

Batchelor Martine

ISBN: PB: 9780300164077, Yale University Press, May 2010
192 pp., 21x14 cm

In this slim, enlightening volume, internationally recognized Buddhist teacher Martine Batchelor presents the basic tenets and teachings of the Buddha through a selection of essential texts from the Pali canon, the earliest Buddhist scriptures. Viewe...

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Buddhism

Locations of Buddhism Colonialism and Modernity in Sri Lanka

Blackburn Anne M.

ISBN: HB: 9780226055077, University of Chicago Press, April 2010
256 pp., 23x15 cm, 1 map, 3 halftones

Modernizing and colonizing forces brought nineteenth-century Sri Lankan Buddhists both challenges and opportunities. How did Buddhists deal with social and economic change; new forms of political, religious, and educational discourse; and Christianit...

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History of Art

Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art

Proser Adriana

ISBN: HB: 9780300155662, Yale University Press, March 2010
224 pp., 27.9x22.8 cm, 130 colour illus.

According to sacred texts, the historical Buddha encouraged his disciples to make pilgrimages to sites associated with his life. As sacred images of the Buddha proliferated over time, it is said that his relics were divided among 84,000 South Asian s...

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Buddhism

Reference

Critical Terms for the Study of Buddhism

Lopez Donald S.

ISBN: PB: 9780226493152, ISBN: HB: 9780226493145, University of Chicago Press, May 2005
344 pp., 23x15 cm

Over the past century, Buddhism has come to be seen as a world religion, exceeding Christianity in longevity and, according to many, philosophical wisdom. Buddhism has also increasingly been described as strongly ethical, devoted to nonviolence, and...

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Judaism

Critical Terms for Religious Studies

Taylor Mark C.

ISBN: PB: 9780226791579, ISBN: HB: 9780226791562, University of Chicago Press, August 1998
430 pp., 23x15 cm, 5 halftones, 1 table

A century that began with modernism sweeping across Europe is ending with a remarkable resurgence of religious beliefs and practices throughout the world. Wherever one looks today, from headlines about political turmoil in the Middle East to pop musi...

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