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Rennyo and the Roots of Modern Japanese Buddhism
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| Author(s) : Blum, Mark L and Shinya Yasutomi |
| Publishers Price : £34.00 |
| Wisdom Price : £30.60(save 10%)
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| ISBN : 0195132750 | | EAN : 9780195132755 | | Cover : Hardback | | Pages : 300 | | Size : 244 x 162mm | | Publisher : Oxford Univ Press | | Published : 2006 |
Category : Japanese Buddhism: General
Category 2 : Pure Land Buddhism
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Synopsis:
A new, comprehensive study of Rennyo Shonin, who is considered the "second founder" of Shin Pure Land Buddhism. This study offers an assessment of Rennyo's contribution to Buddhist thought and the phenonmenal growth of Honganji religious organization under his leadership.
The essays include: Introduction: the Study of Rennyo by Mark Blum; the Life of Rennyo: a Struggle for the Transmission of Dharma by Yasutomi Shin'ya; Leaders in an Age of Transition by Kuroda Toshio; Continuity and Change in the Thought of Rennyo by Stanley Weinstein; Rennyo and the Salvation of Women by Matsumura Naoko; the Ikko-shu as Portrayed in Jesuit Historical Documents by Kinryu Shizuka; the Kanshu Persecution: an Examination of Mount Hiei's Destruction of Otan Honganji by Kusano Kenshi; Late Rennyo and the Myokonin Akao no Doshu by Minamoto Ryoen; Rennyo Shonin: Manipulator of Icons by Mark Blum; Shinran and Rennyo: Comparing Their Views of Birth in the Pure Land by Terakawa Shunshu; Rennyo's Position in Modern Shin Buddhist Studies: Saga Ryojin's Reinterpretation by Kaku Takeshi; Rennyo and the Renaissance of Contemporary Shin Buddhism: Rennyo's Place in the History of Shin Buddhism by Alfred Bloom; the Characteristic Structure of Rennyo's Letters by Ikeda Yutai; the Tale of the Flesh-Adhering Mask by Yasutomi Shin'ya; Rennyo and Luther: Similarities in Their Faith and Community Building by Kato Chiken; Dancing into Freedom: Rennyo and Religion by William LaFleur; and Primal Vow and Its Contextualization: Rennyo's Legacy, and Some Tasks for Our Times by Ruben Habito. |
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