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The social dimension of Shin Buddhism [electronic resource] / edited by Ugo Dessì.

Contributor(s): Series: Studies in the history of religions ; 129.Publication details: Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (286 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9789004193796 (electronic bk.)
  • 9004193790 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 294.3/926 22
LOC classification:
  • BQ8715.8 .S63 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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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.

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