Neither monk nor layman clerical marriage in modern Japanese Buddhism
Buddhism comes in many forms, but in Japan it stands apart from all the rest in one striking way - the monks get married. This study addresses the emergence of an openly married clergy as a momentous change in the history of modern Japanese Buddhism
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Princeton, N.J. u.a.
Princeton Univ. Press
c2001
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| Schriftenreihe: | Buddhisms
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| Schlagworte: |
Buddhist priests
> Marriage
> Family relationships
> Religious aspects
> Buddhism
> Japan
> Priests, Buddhist
> Buddhismus
> Priester
> Zölibat
> Aufhebung
> Ehe
> Säkularisierung
> Eheschließung
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Buddhism comes in many forms, but in Japan it stands apart from all the rest in one striking way - the monks get married. This study addresses the emergence of an openly married clergy as a momentous change in the history of modern Japanese Buddhism Buddhism comes in many forms, but in Japan it stands apart from all the rest in one striking way - the monks get married. This study addresses the emergence of an openly married clergy as a momentous change in the history of modern Japanese Buddhism |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-274) and index |
| Beschreibung: | xxii, 288 p ill 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 069107495X 0-691-07495-X |