Practical pursuits :

Sawada, Janine Anderson, 1953-

Practical pursuits : religion, politics, and personal cultivation in nineteenth-century Japan / Janine Tasca Sawada. - 1 online resource (xi, 387 pages) : illustrations.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-368) and index.

The fertility of dead words -- Divination as cultivation -- Breathing as purification -- The parameters of learning -- Practical learning in the meditation hall -- Koji Zen -- Shifting boundaries in the sangha -- The great synthesis -- Enlightened conservatives -- The enemy within.

9780824863999 (electronic bk.) 0824863992 (electronic bk.)


Religion and politics--History--Japan--19th century.
Religion et politique--Histoire--Japon--19e siècle.
Godsdiensten.
Religion.
Politik.
Geschichte 1800-1900.
Religiöses Leben.
Religion and politics.
RELIGION / Comparative Religion
RELIGION / Essays
RELIGION / Reference


Japan.
Japan.


History.
Electronic books.

BL2211.S73 / S29 2004eb

200/.952/09034