The social dimension of Shin Buddhism  [electronic resource] / 
edited by Ugo Dessì. 
 - Leiden, The Netherlands ;  Boston :  Brill,  2010. 
 - 1 online resource (286 p.) :  ill. 
 - Numen book series, studies in the history of religions ;  v. 129 .
 - Studies in the history of religions ;  129. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction : Shin Buddhism and Japanese society /  Socio-economic impacts of Hōnen's Pure Land doctrines : an inquiry into the interplay between Buddhist teachings and institutions /  Shin Buddhism and burakumin in the Edo period /  Shinshū studies and the legacy of liberal thought in Japan /  To lament the self : the ethical ideology of Takeuchi Ryō'on (1891-1968) and the Ōtani-ha movement against buraku discrimination /  Shin Buddhism and gender : the discourse on gender discrimination and related reforms /  Speaking through the media : Shin Buddhism, popular culture and the Internet /  Shin Buddhism and globalization : attitudes toward the political subsystem and pluralism at the organizational and individual levels /  Ugo Dessì --  Martin Repp --  Galen Amstutz --  Melissa Anne-Marie Curley --  Jessica L. Main --  Simone Heidegger --  Elisabetta Porcu --  Ugo Dessì. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789004193796 (electronic bk.) 9004193790 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Shin (Sect)--Social aspects.<br/>Religion and sociology--Japan.<br/>RELIGION / Buddhism / General
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BQ8715.8  / .S63 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294.3/926