worldliness in a religion of renunciationCovell, Stephen Grover1965-creatorauthor.textbibliographybiographyElectronic books.hiuHonoluluUniversity of Hawaii Press©20052005monographiceng1 online resource (xii, 256 pages).Stephen Covell addresses fully contemporary Buddhist life and institutions - topics often overlooked in the conflict between the rhetoric of renunciation and the practices of clerical marriage and householding that characterise much of Buddhism in today's Japan.Temple Buddhism today: scholarly and popular images of corruption -- Laity and the temple: past and present -- Trying to have it both ways: the laity in a world-renouncer organization? -- The contemporary priesthood: images of identity crisis -- New priests for new times? -- Coming to terms: temple wives and world-renouncers -- Money and the temple: law, taxes and the image of Buddhism -- The price of naming the dead: funerals, posthumous precept names, and changing views of the afterlife.Stephen G. Covell.Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-249) and index.Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDLElectronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDLMaster and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDLdigitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDLIn English.a-ja---BuddhismJapan1945-Buddhist priestsJapanOfficeBouddhismeJaponHistoire1945-Prêtres bouddhistesJaponMinistèreRELIGIONBuddhismGeneralBuddhismBuddhist priestsOfficeJapanBuddhismusTempelJapan Since 1945 fast BQ697 .C67 2005eb294.3/65/0952Covell, Stephen Grover, 1965-Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, ©2005(DLC) 2005008002(OCoLC)624084259781435665521143566552X9780824863135082486313522573/ctt62v8z6 JSTORhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=236626http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=236626Use copy MiAaHDLN$T08092420200709055153.0ocn256488460eng