TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dessì,Ugo
TI  - The social dimension of Shin Buddhism
T2  - Numen book series, studies in the history of religions
SN  - 9789004193796
AV  - BQ8715.8 .S63 2010
U1  - 294.3/926 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Leiden, The Netherlands, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Shin (Sect)
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Religion and sociology
KW  - Japan
KW  - Sociologie religieuse
KW  - Japon
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : Shin Buddhism and Japanese society; Ugo Dessì --; Socio-economic impacts of Hōnen's Pure Land doctrines : an inquiry into the interplay between Buddhist teachings and institutions; Martin Repp --; Shin Buddhism and burakumin in the Edo period; Galen Amstutz --; Shinshū studies and the legacy of liberal thought in Japan; Melissa Anne-Marie Curley --; To lament the self : the ethical ideology of Takeuchi Ryō'on (1891-1968) and the Ōtani-ha movement against buraku discrimination; Jessica L. Main --; Shin Buddhism and gender : the discourse on gender discrimination and related reforms; Simone Heidegger --; Speaking through the media : Shin Buddhism, popular culture and the Internet; Elisabetta Porcu --; Shin Buddhism and globalization : attitudes toward the political subsystem and pluralism at the organizational and individual levels; Ugo Dessì
N2  - This book analyzes social aspects of Shin Buddhism (J?do Shinsh?), a mainstream Japanese religious tradition. The contributions collected here especially focus on the intersection between Shin Buddhism, politics, education, social movements, economy, culture and the media, gender, and globalization
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