Death and the afterlife in Japanese Buddhism
Mukaekō : practice for the deathbed / Sarah Johanna Horton -- With the help of "good friends" : deathbed ritual practices in early medieval Japan / Jacqueline I. Stone -- Beyond death and the afterlife : considering relic veneration in medieval Japan / Brian O. Ruppert -- Collective suicid...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Honolulu, Hawaii
Univ. of Hawai'i Press
2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Reviews: | Death and new life in (the study of) East Asian religions (2014) (Richey, Jeffrey L., 1972 -)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Japan
/ Buddhism
/ Death
/ The Hereafter
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| Further subjects: | B
History of religion
B Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies (Japan) B Future Life Buddhism B Religion B Ritual B Jenseitsvorstellungen B Funeral |
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Table of Contents |
| Summary: | Mukaekō : practice for the deathbed / Sarah Johanna Horton -- With the help of "good friends" : deathbed ritual practices in early medieval Japan / Jacqueline I. Stone -- Beyond death and the afterlife : considering relic veneration in medieval Japan / Brian O. Ruppert -- Collective suicide at the funeral of Jitsunyo : mimesis or solidarity / Mark L. Blum -- At the crossroads of birth and death : the blood pool hell and postmortem fetal extraction / Hank Glassman -- Funerary Zen : Sōtō Zen death management in Tokugawa Japan / Duncan Ryūken Williams -- The structure of Japanese Buddhist funerals / Mariko Namba Walter -- The price of naming the deat : posthumous precept names and critiques of contemporary Japanese Buddhism / Stephen G. Covell -- The orthodox heresy of Buddhist funerals / George J. Tanabe Jr |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | X, 382 S., Ill., 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8248-3204-9 0-8248-3204-3 |
