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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1. Verfasser: Jaffe, Richard M. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton [u.a.] Princeton Univ. Press 2001
Schriftenreihe:Buddhisms [4]
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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.
Beschreibung:XXII, 288 S.
ISBN:069107495X

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