Teaching Assemblies and Lay Societies in the Formation of Modern Sectarian Buddhism

This study surveys the emergence of teaching assemblies and lay societies in the Meiji era. These small organizations played a decisive role in the formation of modern sectarian institutions, before the various sectarian prescriptions and temple rules were established. These groups mediated between...

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Main Author: Ikeda, Eishun 1929-2004 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Nanzan Institute [1998]
In: Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 1998, Volume: 25, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 11-44
Further subjects:B Peacefulness
B Abbots
B Buddhism
B Teachers
B Religious Studies
B Priests
B Government Regulation
B Sectarianism
B Shintoism
B Temples
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